Daily Sport
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | David Sullivan (1991–2011) Grant Miller (2011–present) |
| Founder(s) | David Sullivan |
| Publisher | Daily Sport Ltd. (previously by Sport Newspapers) |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Political alignment | None, (focuses on yellow journalism) |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Circulation | online publication |
| Website | dailysport |
The Daily Sport was a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Daily Sport Ltd., which specialised in celebrity news and softcore pornographic stories and images. The daily paper was launched in 1991 by David Sullivan, following its former Sunday sister title, Sunday Sport (first published in 1986). It ceased publication and entered administration on 1 April 2011. Following the purchase on 7 June by the telecom, travel and internet entrepreneur Grant Miller, the new online Daily Sport was re-launched on 17 August 2011 with sports coverage plus classified advertising for the first time in its 20-year history. There are not thought to be any plans for a re-launch; however, Midweek Sport, Weekend Sport and Sunday Sport are still published by Sunday Sport (2011) Ltd.
The Sport did not focus on political news or world events, although in 2008 Lembit Opik (the former Liberal Democrat MP) began a regular weekly political column. Instead, its news coverage indulged more in yellow journalism, with an emphasis on celebrities, bad behaviour and toilet humour.
The Daily Sport and Sunday Sport were known for their ridiculous headlines that referred to fabricated stories, such as "World War Two Bomber Found on Moon". Later editorial practice meant an end to such stories and an increased focus on celebrity news and sexual revelations.
Daily Sport often published fake nude pictures of celebrities and also paparazzi 'upskirt' and 'downblouse' or nipple slip pictures. The fake nude pictures were published with the appropriate disclaimers and captions, although the front cover image was often accompanied by a titillating caption, like "Tender tips make tastier tea". In 2008 The Sport was criticised by the Press Complaints Commission for glamourising suicide by publishing a "Top yourself tourism list".
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