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  &lt;p&gt;Sportingo, a user generated sports website, allows users to register and write&#160;articles on any sporting events The articles are then checked over by the site's editors before being published. &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Articles can be commented and voted on by other users, with the top stories of the day ranked Digg-style. &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;The site also features a handy &lt;a href="http://www.sportingo.com/whatsonline/1,21"&gt;'What's Online'&lt;/a&gt; section, which provides a calender of sporting events and links to all the sport that is available to view over the internet, from liver coverage to highlights and interviews. &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Sportingo was launched in February this year, and in June acquired football blog &lt;a href="http://caughtoffside.com/"&gt;CaughtOffside.com&lt;/a&gt;. Sportingo's sites attract around 550,000 monthly users. &lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;Related stories:&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;a href="/blog/1769-sky-sports-redesign-has-it-affected-usability"&gt;Sky Sports redesign - has it affected usability?&lt;/a&gt;&#160; &lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The site also features a handy &lt;Link URL="http://www.sportingo.com/whatsonline/1,21" Window="Self"&gt;'What's Online'&lt;/Link&gt; section, which provides a calender of sporting events and links to all the sport that is available to view over the internet, from liver coverage to highlights and interviews. &lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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    &lt;Emphasis&gt;Related stories:&lt;/Emphasis&gt;
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    &lt;Link URL="/blog/1769-sky-sports-redesign-has-it-affected-usability" Window="Self"&gt;Sky Sports redesign - has it affected usability?&lt;/Link&gt;&#160; &lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;Sportbuzz, the company behind online sports community Sportingo, has received $3.2m (&#163;1.75m) in VC funding from Ingenious Media&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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