Madrid-based newspaper El Confidencial published an interactive piece about Atlético Madrid's 2-0 win over Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Barcelona. With the victory, Atlético advanced to the CL semifinals. The story by Pablo López Learte and Álvaro Rigal, titled "Una Historia De Fe" ("A Story Of Faith"), features a number of pictures of Atlético fans before and during the game, and also includes audio. It is available here.
IN BARCELONA: Catalan newspapers had "strong reactions" to Barcelona being eliminated. The "strongest" was Sport, whose cover recreated the poster from the TV series "Lost." The cover image features Lionel Messi and several of his teammates under the word "Perdidos." Mundo Deportivo used a play on words with the Spanish word for champion, "Campeón." The paper used the headline "CampeOff." La Vanguardia, with Messi on the cover, used "Barça drowns at the Manzanares." Its digital version "was much more convincing," saying, "Barça is the Titanic" (AS, 4/14).
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Sportradar released special editions of its Live Sports Centre for two of this summer's key football events: Euro 2016 in France and the Copa America Centenario, which will be hosted in the U.S. Sportradar's Live Sports Centre is a hosted white label solution that allows media companies, sponsors and clubs or federations the chance to offer a comprehensive and engaging information package to their fans and followers (Sportradar).
Sports digital and broadcast firm deltatre announced a technology partnership with tracking leader ChyronHego. Under the deal, the two will explore football data exploitation, enhancing the coverage of the ongoing and next two UEFA Champions League seasons, as well as the coverage of the Euro 2016 finals in France, set to kick off in June (deltatre).
Premier League side Swansea City announced a "digital partnership with Liverpool-based Rippleffect." The Trinity Mirror-owned digital agency will now work with the club to "conduct a full review of its existing web platform" before a complete re-launch ahead of the '17-18 season (PROLIFIC NORTH, 4/13).
Sina Sports announced it reached an agreement with U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps to become his official digital media partner in China. With the announcement, Sina Sports unveiled the "Official Michael Phelps Channel" on its leading Chinese digital sports media platform. The channel is available now at http://2016.sina.com.cn/z/phelps. On this dedicated section, Phelps will provide exclusive interviews and swimming content, interacting directly through the Sina Sports platform with Chinese fans as he prepares for his fifth and final Olympics in Rio (Sina Sports).
