Los Deportes
{{Short description|Sports magazine in Barcelona, Spain (1897–1910)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
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| editor = Narciso Masferrer Sala
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| frequency = Biweekly
| founder = Narciso Masferrer Sala
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| category = Sports magazine
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| founded = 1897
| firstdate = 1 November 1897
| finaldate = 15 July 1910
| finalnumber = 546
| country = Kingdom of Spain
| based = Barcelona
| language = Spanish
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| issn = 2604-0581
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Los Deportes ({{langx|es|The Sports}}) was a biweekly sports magazine which was published in Barcelona, Spain, between 1897 and 1910. The magazine was one of the early sports publications in the country which played a significant role in the establishment of the sports journalism.{{cite journal|author=Xavier Torrebadella-Flix|author2=Javier Olivera-Betrán|title=The Birth of the Sports Press in Spain Within the Regenerationist Context of the Late Nineteenth Century|journal=International Journal of the History of Sport
|volume=30|issue=18|year=2013|pages=2164–2196|doi=10.1080/09523367.2013.854775|s2cid=144737631}}{{cite journal|year=2023
|author=Bernat López|title='Striking the Mighty Anvil Known as "Propaganda"': Journalism and the Institutionalization of Sport in Spain, 1890–1920|page=44–45,52|journal=International Journal of the History of Sport|volume=40|issue=1|doi=10.1080/09523367.2023.2177280|s2cid=257410556}} Its subtitle was Revista Española ilustrada de automovilismo, ciclismo, aviación y demás deportes, turismo, educación ({{langx|es|Illustrated Spanish magazine on motoring, cycling, aviation and other sports, tourism, education}}).
History and profile
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Los Deportes was first published in Barcelona on 1 November 1897. It was the official media outlet of Aero-Club de Cataluña, Real Asociación de Cazadores de Barcelona and Catalan Federation of Football Clubs. From June 1898 the magazine also became the official organ of the Spanish Gymnastic Society.{{cite journal|author=Antonio Rivero Herraiz
|author2=Raúl Sánchez García|title=The British Influence in the Birth of Spanish Sport|journal=International Journal of the History of Sport
|volume=28|issue=13|year=2011|doi=10.1080/09523367.2011.594686|page=1799|s2cid=144157634}} It came out biweekly and covered numerous sports activities, including gymnastics, cycling, roller skating, rowing, sailing, fencing, hunting, ball game, lawn tennis, motoring and football. The other sections of the magazine were entertainment, bullfighting, concerts, musical theatre, drama and short stories. The first column on football was published on 24 December 1899.{{cite journal|author=Antoni Nomdedeu Rull|doi=10.14198/raei.2019.32.08
|title=The First Football Anglicisms in the Spanish Language (1868–1903)|journal=Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses|issue=32|year=2019
|pages=195,201,209|s2cid=213714650|doi-access=free|hdl=10045/100300|hdl-access=free}}
Narciso Masferrer Sala was both the founder and director of the magazine. Regular contributors were David Ferrer and Elias Juncosa. Alberto Serra contributed to the football-related articles in Los Deportes introducing the first football chronicles. Antonio Viada published articles in the magazine about the adoption of foreign football terms between 1897 and 1910. Another Barcelona-based sports publication Barcelona Sport merged with Los Deportes in 1899.
Los Deportes enjoyed higher levels of circulation. The magazine folded on 15 July 1910 after the publication of the issue 546.{{cite journal|title=Los Deportes|journal=Los Deportes: Revista Española Ilustrada de Automovilismo, Ciclismo, Aviación y Demás Deportes, Turismo, Educación Física, Etc |language=ca|publisher=arca.bnc.cat|url=https://arca.bnc.cat/arcabib_pro/ca/consulta/registro.do?id=2198|access-date=27 September 2023}}
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