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Top media in Soccer

The leading outlets covering soccer, in order of standing within the sport.
✓ Last reviewed: September 2026

These are the principal specialized outlets covering Soccer. Major events are additionally covered by general sports media and rights-holding broadcasters; the outlets below constitute the sport's dedicated press.

1. TransfermarktResults & rankings database — The reference database of world soccer — market values, transfer histories and career statistics for players in every professional league. 2. Soccer LadumaNewspaper — Weekly football newspaper and digital title listed by Media24 among its newspaper brands, which gives its founding year as 1997, publishing in print and through the SNL24 digital platform. 3. Voetbal InternationalMagazine — Dutch football weekly published on Wednesdays, which states that it has worked in football journalism since 1965, and which Digital Enterprises acquired from WPG Uitgevers on 16 July 2019. 4. Sportnet.hrNews site — Croatian sports portal and discussion forum, published by the betting operator SUPER SPORT d.o.o., which also sponsors the country's top football and basketball leagues. 5. Tigo SportsTelevision — Sports channel launched in Paraguay in 2014 by the operator that began as Telecel in 1992; holder of the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol's audiovisual rights under a contract running to 2027. 6. FIFA World RankingResults & rankings database — FIFA's official rankings of the world's national teams — men's since 1992, women's since 2003, the basis of World Cup seeding. 7. ESPNTelevision — The worldwide leader in sports — America's dominant sports broadcaster and the world's most-visited sports website, since 1979. 8. L'ÉquipeNewspaper — A French sports daily published from Boulogne-Billancourt and placed third by paid circulation in the ACPM's certified 2025-2026 ranking of national dailies, with a free-to-air television channel edited by the same group. 9. MarcaNewspaper — Madrid sports daily published by Unidad Editorial, whose Italian parent RCS MediaGroup named the title among its Spanish papers in August 2024. The EGM's second 2026 wave measured 881,000 readers a day. 10. Diario ASNewspaper — Madrid sports daily relaunched on 6 December 1967, taking the name of a 1932–1936 weekly, and acquired by Prisa in 1996. The EGM's second 2026 wave measured 369,000 readers a day. 11. Sky SportsTelevision — Sky's subscription sport channels and website, owned by Comcast since 2018 and holding a minimum of 215 live Premier League matches a season from 2025-26 to 2028-29 alongside Formula 1, cricket, tennis and English Football League rights. 12. Football WeeklyPodcast — The Guardian's football podcast, running since 2006 and repeatedly named podcast of the year by the Football Supporters' Association.