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Sunday Sport - news archive

This is an archive of news about Sunday Sport. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Sunday Sport relaunch fails to lift shares
From Financial Times. Posted April 21 2008, 4.39pm
A £600,000 relaunch of The Daily Sport and The Sunday Sport failed to buoy shares in Sport Media Group (more)

Sunday Sport pays damages over photo error
From Media Guardian. Posted November 15 2007, 12.12pm
The Sunday Sport has agreed to pay libel damages to a sex consultant after mistakenly using her picture to illustrate a story. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Sex ASBO claim woman wins damages from Sunday Sport
From Press Gazette. Posted November 15 2007, 12.00am
A woman wrongly identified by the Sunday Sport as being served with an ASBO after screaming for hours on end during sex has won damages and an apology. (more)

Sunday Sport editor resigns after 11 years at the paper
From Media Guardian. Posted September 26 2007, 1.00am
1.15pm: Paul Carter, the editor of the Sunday Sport, has resigned after 11 years at the paper. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Sunday Sport names Appleyard editor
From Media Guardian. Posted September 26 2007, 1.00am
The Sunday Sport has appointed deputy editor Nick Appleyard as its new editor after the resignation of Paul Carter. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Sunday Sport appoints new editor as Paul Carter quits
From Press Gazette. Posted September 26 2007, 12.00am
The Sunday Sport has appointed Nick Appleyard as its new editor after the resignation of Paul Carter. (more)

Sunday Sport pays damages to ex-Big Brother contestant
From Media Guardian. Posted October 3 2006, 1.00am
1pm: The Sunday Sport has paid damages to a former Big Brother contestant after falsely reporting she had a sex romp with two brothers. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Ex-Post staffers launch Bristol Sunday sports paper
From Press Gazette. Posted September 14 2006, 12.00am
A group of ex-Bristol Evening Post staff have bucked the national trend of closing regional standalone sports papers with the six-figure launch of Your Sport in the city. (more)

Unbelievable pair net £40m for founder of the Daily and Sunday Sport
From The Times. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
David Sullivan, the publisher, will make £40 million after selling his Daily Sport and Sunday Sport newspapers. (more)