Everything about La Gazzetta Dello Sport totally explained
La Gazzetta dello Sport is an
Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various
sports. It was first published on
3 April 1896, allowing it to cover the first modern
Olympic Games held in
Athens. However, its role extends beyond news reporting and features, to direct involvement in major events, including (since
1909) organization of the
Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy)
cycling stage race.
The newspaper, published on distinctive
pink paper, sells over 400,000 copies daily (more on Mondays when readers want to catch up on the weekend's events), and can claim a readership in excess of three million. A sports magazine,
Sportweek, is sold with the newspaper on Saturdays.
Although a wide range of sports are covered in the newspaper, football is given by far the majority of the coverage. With some 24-28 pages out of 40 devoted to the sport on a daily basis, much of the journalism is speculative and sensationalist rather than the pure reporting of matches. However, the paper also has a good record for campaigning journalism, and played a significant part in exposing the
2006 Serie A scandal that rocked Italian football, and led to the relegation of
Juventus and points penalties for other leading clubs. The largest and best supported teams in Italy, and especially the
Milan teams of
A.C. Milan and
Internazionale, dominate the coverage. This focus is partly because it's published in Milan. Other sports papers in Italy do the same with teams from their own city, for example
Tuttosport has larger coverage of
Torino-based sides and
Il Corriere dello Sport has
Rome-based teams at the fore.
An
English language version of the newspaper is now available online at www.gazzetta.it, although the coverage is relatively limited in comparison to the full version and the quality of the translation is a little variable.
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