Vavel

Vavel
The International Sports Newspaper
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VAVEL.com as of January 2017
Type of site
 Sports news
Available in Arab, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Created by Javier Robles
Website VAVEL.com
Alexa rank Increase 4,544 (August 2015)[1]
Commercial Yes
Launched June 28, 2009 (2009-06-28)
Current status Active

Vavel (stylized VAVEL) is a website containing the latest in sports news formed by 15 editions; Spain, United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and an edition representing Middle Eastern countries. VAVEL is able to readers in 7 different languages.

Currently, VAVEL.com is one of the 250 most visited websites in Spain and the third online sports media outlet, ahead of newspapers like “SPORT” and “Mundo Deportivo,” only surpassed by “MARCA” and “As” according to Alexa’s rankings.

In Mexico and Brazil it is one of the most influential online sports media outlets as well. They have coverage access to all sporting events, stadiums and teams.

In August 2016, VAVEL expanded its reach to offer a complete multimedia experience for readers and viewers by launching a daily digital broadcast[2] available through Facebook and YouTube live channels.

History

Creation

The site was created by Javier Robles, a sports journalist, while studying at the University of Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid (2008–2009).

The website was launched in April 2009 as a social media platform revolving around sports where users could configure their profiles with team logos and preferences. There was also multimedia tools in which users could personalize their own blog, upload images and videos, and interact with other users through direct messaging within their profile.

At the same time that this social media platform was launched in vavel.com, in the domain vavel.es, a sports newspaper was released. The first article was published on June 28, 2009[3] and the writing staff consisted of college students entirely. Later the newspaper changed to vavel.com domain.

Name Origin

The name VAVEL originated as an allusion to the Tower of Babel, the etiological myth where one united humanity in which the people spoke one language migrated and then settled in the land of Shinar.

They then decided to build a city and tower that supposedly could reach into heaven. It is said in this chapter of Genesis that God became upset with the people and as a result decided to confuse their current form of communication. This is said to be the origin of different languages.

References

  1. ↑ "Vavel.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Núñez, Alan. "VAVEL México salta a la radio y televisión". VAVEL.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  3. ↑ "First article on Vavel.com". June 28, 2009.
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