La Gazzetta dello Sport

The Gazzetta dello Sport is one of the best-known sports newspapers in Italy, with a history dating back to 1896, when it was founded as a weekly sports newspaper. Its name was inspired by the "Gazzetta di Parma," a daily newspaper of which the paper's founder, Eugenio Camillo Costamagna, had been editor. The Gazzetta dello Sport has had many transformations and successes over the years. In 1900 it became a daily newspaper, while in the 1920s the paper began to use photography for the first time, allowing readers to see pictures of their sports idols.in the 1930s the Gazzetta dello Sport specialized more and more in soccer, which became its flagship sport, and in 1939 it created the "Pallone d'Oro," the award for the best soccer player of the year, which is still awarded today. In the 1950s the Gazzetta dello Sport began to use color, becoming the first Italian newspaper to use four-color printing. In 1958 the newspaper's cover became full color. In the 1960s the Gazzetta dello Sport evolved further, becoming one of the first newspapers in Italy to use offset printing and to introduce the tabloid format. In 1981 the Gazzetta dello Sport launched its online edition, becoming one of the first sports newspapers in the world to have a presence on the Internet. In subsequent years the Gazzetta dello Sport continued to innovate, introducing new sections and columns, such as the "Gazzetta Motori" dedicated to motoring and the "Gazzetta TV" dedicated to sports television programs.today, the Gazzetta dello Sport continues to be a point of reference for sports fans in Italy, with extensive coverage of all sports and a focus on soccer, which is its specialty. The newspaper also has a strong online presence, with the gazzetta.it website and its mobile applications.