From Frazier in Manila to Wardley in Manchester, the decision to stop a fight remains boxing’s greatest moral test, writes JOHN WIGHT
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Bargain-buy Xhedran Shaqiri proving vital to Liverpool title charge
IT WAS one of the more under-the-radar purchases of the close season, coming late on a Friday when football fans around the world were eagerly anticipating the World Cup final between France and Croatia two days later.
Liverpool were signing a back-up midfielder for £13 million and it went largely unnoticed at the time.
Xherdan Shaqiri’s cut-price arrival at Anfield from relegated Stoke in July could, however, prove to be a masterstroke — an astute piece of business that may yet be a key factor in Liverpool’s bid to capture a first league title since 1990.
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