''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football.

Profile

''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''

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. It competes directly with ''MARCA''. In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in

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and

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. In May 2012 the newspaper launched a
English language sub-site
offering original journalism and articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers. The circulation of ''Diario AS'' was 181,172 copies in 2001 and 176,892 copies in 2002. It rose to 214,654 copies in 2006.
. Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión. Retrieved 26 April 2007.

References

External links

Official web site

Official English Website
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