Sport (Spanish newspaper)

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Sport
Logo Sport.svg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Grupo Zeta
Founder(s)Josep María Casanovas
PublisherEdiciones Deportivas Catalanas, S.A.
Editor-in-chiefErnest Folch
Founded1979;45 years ago (1979)
LanguageSpanish
Headquarters Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Sister newspapers El Periódico de Catalunya
Website www.sport.es/en/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Sport is a Spanish daily sports newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia.

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History and profile

Founded in 1979, Sport is owned by Grupo Zeta, which also publishes El Periódico de Catalunya . [1] [2]

Ideologically, it defines itself as the newspaper of the supporters of FC Barcelona, its slogan being "Sempre amb el Barça" (always with Barça in Catalan), and caters primarily to a Catalonia-based readership, despite being written in Spanish. It also covers RCD Espanyol and Catalan and Spanish football in general, plus other sports, especially basketball, motor sports, cycling, handball, and tennis.

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