Titan Sports (newspaper)

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Titan Sports
The front page of Titan Sports on 17 November 2016
TypeSemi-weekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Titan Sports Media Group
Founded1988
LanguageChinese
HeadquartersChangsha and Beijing
Websitewww.titan24.com

Titan Sports (Chinese: 体坛周报) is a Chinese sports newspaper, operated by the Titan Sports Media Group. It is the most circulated sports newspaper in China.[1]

History

1988-2000

Titan Sports was founded in 1988 as a sports newspaper owned and operated by Hunan Sports General Association. On 3 December 1990, Titan Sports started a new column, "European Leagues Round-up", which meant that it became the first Chinese newspaper keeping track of European football. In May 1992, Titan Sports launched continuous coverage of the

Jia A
after its foundation.

In the market competition of Chinese newspapers in the late 1990s, Titan Sports gradually exceeded other sports newspapers in China in circulation and in public influence. During the

Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, its circulation surpassed 2 million per issue.[2]

2001: World Cup qualifying

Titan Sports on 8 October 2001

The

2002 World Cup, its first time qualifying for the World Cup. The issue of Titan Sports on 8 October 2001 had a record-breaking circulation of 2.6 million. It is still a record in the history of newspaper publication in China.[citation needed
]

2001-2008

After the 2002 World Cup, the next major opportunity for Titan Sports was the

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. In order to prepare for reporting on the Olympics and to expand its market share and influence, Titan Sports opened a Beijing Bureau in 2005, as a second headquarters of Titan Sports Media Group apart from its original base in Changsha
.

2008-present

During the Olympic year of 2008, Titan Sports developed its multi-media platforms in response to the changes in how Chinese people receive and read sports news. On 1 May 2008, three months before the opening of the Summer Olympics, titan24.com was built as the official website of Titan Sports. In October 2015, Titan Sports Plus was created as the mobile app of Titan Sports Media Group, via which articles from Titan Sports are also selectively published.

Partnership

Titan Sports and Sovetsky Sport signed a memorandum of understanding in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 25 June 2016.

Titan Sports is the first sports newspaper in China developing partnerships and cooperation overseas. It is now a partner of a number of well-known sports media outlets including

Kicker and Marca
.

Awards

Main article: Best Footballer in Asia

In 2012, Titan Sports founded Best Footballer in Asia, an annual prize presented to the best football player to have played for an Asian national football team or Asian football club during the preceding year. It has been presented since 2013, as the most influential football prize in Asia apart from the annual prizes awarded by AFC.[citation needed]

References

  1. People's Daily Online
    (in Chinese). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "The evolutionary milestones of Titan Sports (in Chinese) 体坛传媒大事记". titan24.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. ^ "The evolutionary milestones of Titan Sports (in Chinese) 体坛传媒大事记". titan24.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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