Sportal Brings Fresh New Content to Sports Fans

SYDNEY, October 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Re-launched site delivers entertaining and engaging editorial and video content across users' favourite internet-connected devices

Sportal.com.au has re-launched with the promise to deliver exciting, high quality coverage of younger fans' favourite sports, all for free. Sportal gives fans access to fun, edgy coverage of the biggest sports events in the world, with editorial that promises to push the boundaries with strong opinions, hard truths and 'real' sports news.

Sportal will take an alternative look at the most talked about sporting news from across the globe, pulling no punches as its dedicated team of 40 journalists delivers up to the minute breaking news and opinion on all the major Australian and international sports stories, including video, live match centre game stats and galleries.

The new look site is committed to providing young sports fans access to an unprecedented volume of free-to-view live streaming in the near future, across some of the biggest local and international competitions.

Sportal has also joined forces with Sporting News in the US to provide comprehensive coverage of all the latest breaking news stories and video news across some of the biggest leagues, including NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA and more.

Fans can access all their favourite coverage across the web, every major mobile device and tablet - essential for a generation of online sports fans who consume sport via a smartphone and/or tablet 63% of the time, according to PERFORM's Global Sports Media Consumption Report, released in June 2013.

"We know that fans crave credible, relevant and interesting content and our objective is to make certain they can count on us to deliver opinions, hard truths and 'real' sports news - for free," commented James Rushton, Managing Director, PERFORM Australia. "As well as great editorial coverage, Sportal will work to provide users with free-to-view coverage of some of the biggest sporting events from across the globe."