{{Short description|Japanese daily sports newspaper}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=February 2023}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ja|otherarticle=スポーツニッポン|date=August 2020}} }} <!-- Note: The following pages were redirects to Sports_Nippon before draftification: *Sponichi *Sponichi.co.jp *Sponichi Annex -->
{{Infobox newspaper | logo = Sponichi Logo.jpg | type = Daily newspaper | image = File:Sports Nippon Newspapers Tokyo HQ 20110603-002.jpg | caption = S-T Building, the headquarters of Sports Nippon Newspapers Company, Tonichi Printing Company and Tokyo Sports Press Company, in Tokyo | format = Print, online | owners = Sports Nippon Newspapers Company | founded = 1948 | language = Japanese | website = https://www.sponichi.co.jp/ }}
{{Nihongo|'''''Sports Nippon'''''|スポーツニッポン|Supōtsu Nippon}}, also known as {{Nihongo|'''Sponichi'''|スポニチ|Suponichi}}, is the first Japanese daily sports newspaper, having been founded in 1948. In a 1997 report it was called one of the "Big Three" sports papers in Japan, out of a field of 17 sports dailies.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/masscommunicatio0000coop |page=[https://archive.org/details/masscommunicatio0000coop/page/55 55-56] |title=Mass communication in Japan |publisher= Iowa State University Press |location=Ames, Iowa |author=Cooper-Chen, Anne |year=1997 |isbn=9780813827100 }}</ref>
It is an affiliate newspaper of the ''Mainichi Shimbun''.
== See also == *Masters GC Ladies *Miss Nippon *Toto Japan Classic
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== External links == *{{in lang|ja}} {{official website|http://www.sponichi.co.jp/ }}
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Category:Daily newspapers published in Japan Category:Sports newspapers published in Japan Category:Newspapers established in 1948 Category:1948 establishments in Japan
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