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This articles is about the Portuguese newspaper: for information about the town in Galicia, Northwestern Spain, see A Bola, Ourense.

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Sociedade Vicra Desportiva
Editor	Vítor Serpa
Founded	2 January 1945
Headquarters	Travessa da Queimada, 23 1249-113 Lisbon
Official website	www.abola.pt

A Bola (English: "The Ball") is a Portuguese sports newspaper, published in Lisbon. It was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira and Ribeiro dos Reis, and was then published twice a week. It became a daily newspaper in 1995.

Although its subtitle is "newspaper of all sports," some 90% of its content is about football. It is generally seen as appealing to supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, although some of its columnists are supporters of other clubs – former Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, a Sporting Clube de Portugal supporter, had a column for several years, while columnist Miguel Sousa Tavares caters for Futebol Clube do Porto supporters.

It is the most popular newspaper among Portuguese emigrants abroad, and widely read on the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. From 2006, it is also printed in Newark, New Jersey, an American city with a large Portuguese population.

[edit] External links

• A Bola on-line

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