Who we are

• PA Sport is the world's leading sports news and information provider
• We are part of the PA Group.  At heart of the PA Group is the Press Association, the national news agency for the UK and Ireland which was founded in 1868
• Sport has been covered by the Press Association for many years.  PA appointed its first Sports Editor in 1883
• In 1993 PA Sport became a stand-alone division, when it moved from PA's London News Centre to its own offices in Leeds, Yorkshire.
• PA Sport is now a limited company with its headquarters in London, UK and Operations Centre in Howden, Yorkshire.
• We also have offices and representatives in London, New York, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Auckland, Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Mumbai.
• We have production centres in the UK, India and the USA
• PA Sport has the following subsidiaries and holdings
  - Sportev (now PA SportEV) acquired October 2005
  - Sports Services Group (now PA Sport Services) acquired March 2006
  - Sportsticker (now PA SportsTicker) acquired May 2006
  - iKnowledge acquired August 2006
  - We also hold a 33.3% stake in Sportal Australia - acquired Sept 2006

What we do

• PA Sport provides comprehensive editorial, data, photographic, graphic, audio and video content, delivered to all platforms, including Print, Broadcast, Internet and Mobile
• PA Sport has 1650 reporters around the world
• We cover more than 40 sports worldwide
• We cover sport in more than 200 countries
• We also offer a broad range of services, ranging from sports news and XML feed, through to official data gathering and distribution, web-ready and page ready packages and managed SMS services
• We supply sports data in the following languages - Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Simplified and traditional Chinese, Spanish and Thai
• Our customers include newspapers and magazines, TV and radio broadcasters, mobile service providers, website developers, betting and gaming companies and sports governing bodies and federations
• We are the official data partner to the English Premier League, the Football League, the Scottish Premier League, the South African Premier League and the Asian Football Confederation.  
• We are the official scorer for the England and Wales Cricket Board
• We are the official gatherer of live race-day data for the British Horseracing Authority and the returner of the Official Starting Price.  We also manage the racing database of the British Greyhound Racing Board.
• We supply content and services to many other leading sports organisations and commercial sponsors including UEFA, the Rugby Football League, the Super League, the PFA, the FA, the RFU, the RBS Six Nations, the British Lions, the British Basketball League and the NatWest Series.

• Unrivalled Heritage
  
  
• Sports
  The full range of sports we cover.
• Our Divisions
  PA Sport's divisions.

• Match Centres
  Dynamic and comprehensive match day coverage for your website.
• Actim
  The official stats and rankings of The English Premier League and The Football League.
• Football Fixtures 2007
  Official fixture licenses and supply for English and Scottish football.
• Rugby World Cup
  Data, editorial and multimedia services from PA Sport.
• Perlego
  The card tracking system, powered by iKnowledge.