The Sunday Sport is a British newspaper, printed by Sport Newspapers, which established itself in 1986 as a tabloid. It has printed plainly ludicrous stories, such as a double-decker London bus being found frozen in the Antarctic ice, or a World War II bomber found on the moon. Defenders of the paper point out that it is not intended to be taken seriously. Sport Newspapers is the UK-based publishing firm responsible for The Daily Sport, Sunday Sport and a number of mid-shelf and top shelf magazine titles such as Adult Sport, Sport Babes, Sport Readers Wives and Ladsmag. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the newspaper size. ... A symbol of London: the Routemaster bus A new London icon? A new Enviro 400 operating for Metroline. ... For other uses, see Antarctica (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Bomber (disambiguation). ... This article is about Earths moon. ...

It was especially controversial not for its sporting content, but for its high quotient of softcore female nudity. Softcore is a form of pornography that is less explicit than hardcore pornography in depicting or describing sexual behaviour. ...

It has always had a salacious edge, mirroring The Sun's page three, except spread across more of the pages. Since the departure of editor-in-chief Tony Livesey in August 2006, the paper has moved towards more showbiz content spiced with sex, glamour and unique humour. Most issues come with a free gift, whether it is free pints of lager, free downloads, free sex DVDs or even free tomato ketchup squeezy holders. This article is about a British tabloid. ... A Page Three girl is a topless female model whose photographs are published on the third page of The Sun newspaper. ... Tony Livesey is editor of the Daily Sport newspaper, in the United Kingdom. ...

Its publisher is porn magnate David Sullivan. Advertising in the Sunday Sport was once the responsibility of Sullivan's protegee Karren Brady, who went on to become managing director of Birmingham City Football Club. The paper started life as the Star Sunday Sport, a Sunday sister publication to the Daily Star, which Sullivan also used to control. The current editor is Nick Appleyard, appointed in September 2007. Previous editors have included Michael Gabbert and Paul Carter. It has a sister daily title, The Daily Sport. David Sullivan is a Welsh pornography magnate and newspaper proprietor; he is owner of the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport. ... Karren Brady (born April 1969) is a British broadcasting and sport business manager. ... Birmingham City Football Club are an English football club who will play in the Coca Cola Championship as of next season. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Daily Sport is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Sport Newspapers. ...

In recent years, the papers have had circulation difficulties as other publications mixing sex, humour, sport and news have launched and the Sport has come to be seen as outdated. The paper has revamped its content and attempted to reposition itself, aiming to be a tabloid "for men". Managing director of Sport Newspapers, Andrew Fickling, has said "We think there is an opportunity to take readers from the Star and The Sun, as those papers feminise."[1]

The Daily Sport and Sunday Sport have helped launch the careers of many page 3 models, including Linsey Dawn Mckenzie, Solange Hop, Cherry Dee, Zoe Parker and dani thompson Linsey Dawn McKenzie (born August 7, 1978) is a naturally large breasted (at one time 36HH but now 36DD after breast reduction surgery) glamour model and pornographic actress from Wallington in the London Borough of Sutton, England. ... Cherry Dee, (born Cherry Daniella Andrea Frampton, 11 June 1987 in Buckley, North Wales) is a Welsh glamour model. ...

External links

• Dailysport.co.uk the official website (NSFW)
• Dailysport.mobi the official WAP site (NSFW)
• You couldn't make it up: 'Sport' editor quits for BBC, The Independent, Aug 17, 2006