Swamp soccer: Russia 1 Finland 0

Hyrynsalmi, Finland. This may or may not have been the moment - it was hard to tell in all the mud that Anatoly Korchagin of Russia scored the deciding goal in the world swamp soccer championships at the weekend. There were 340 teams - men, women and mixed -  competing for the 10th year running in Finland and the event attracted 10,000 spectators. A natural swamp outside the town of Hyrynsalmi was converted into 22 playing fields -  marked with yellow tape, more resembling pig pens than a world cup site.

“We have been training how to walk in the swamp on our fours and to kick from the side — that’s the only way we could move it, when the ground got this soft,” Tuula Brocke of the G Spots said.

The sport was conceived by Finnish cross-country skiers looking for a way to train during the snowless summer months.

Stuck in the mud! Big girls don’t cry.