''Mundo Deportivo'' (; ) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona.
History and profile
''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since 1929 daily. It is the oldest sports newspaper still published in Spain, and the second one in Europe, after the Italian ''
La Gazzetta dello Sport
(; English: "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any type in Italy (in 2018).
History and profile
was fou ...
'' which was founded in 1896.
''Mundo Deportivo'' is published in Barcelona by
Grupo Godó.
The group also owns ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper.
Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ...
''.
[ It focuses primarily on the performances of ]FC Barcelona
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, but also covers the Spanish basketball league ( ACB), Grand Prix motorcycle racing
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, Formula One
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car racing, amongst others. Both ''Mundo Deportivo'' and ''Sport
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'' are the predominant sources of sports news in Catalonia
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.
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Newspapers established in 1906
1906 establishments in Spain
Newspapers published in Barcelona
Daily newspapers published in Spain
Spanish-language newspapers
Sports newspapers
Sports mass media in Catalonia
Sports mass media in Spain
Spanish news websites
Spanish sport websites