''L'Esportiu'', previously known as ''El 9 Esportiu'' (), is a Catalan daily

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, based in

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History

The newspaper was founded on 2 January 2002, and being the unique

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daily

. In addition to selling individual, is also included in several newspapers as ''

El Punt ''El Punt'' (, ) was a Catalan daily newspaper based in Girona, Catalonia (Spain). The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original ''Punt Diari'' ('Daily Point'). It was published between 24 February 1979 and 31 July 2011. History and pr ...

'', '' Segre'', '' Regió 7'' and ''

Diari d'Andorra ''Diari d'Andorra'' () is a newspaper of the Principality of Andorra. The paper is published in Catalan. It is headquartered in Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrene ...

''. ''El 9 esportiu'' offers three editions customized for

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

and

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...

, which include all the information from the elite sport and sport for each local area. These editions are distributed in conjunction with the corresponding edition of the newspaper ''

''. In 2003, was awarded with the National Award for the Social Projection of the Catalan language, granted by the Catalan government, in recognition of being "the first sports daily in catalan, which has contributed to the consolidation and growth of Catalan language in sport".

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