Sporting Life

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Sporting Life (British newspaper)

The Sporting Life was a British newspaper published from 1859 until 1998, best known for its coverage of horse racing. Latterly it has continued as a multi-sports website.

Priced at one penny, the Sporting Life initially appeared twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It became a daily newspaper in 1883, and in 1886 acquired its rival, Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle (est. 1822). The paper continued publication until its merger with the Racing Post in May 1998; a proposed relaunch was aborted in 1999.

On 20 December 1996, before the newspaper arm closed, Sporting Life launched an online version of the paper, sportinglife.com. The site was run as a joint venture between Trinity Mirror and The Press Association until PA Sporting Life Ltd was sold to 365 Media Group (then known as ukbetting plc, now a division of British Sky Broadcasting) on 14 October 2001.

In February 1998 the newspaper lost a High Court libel action with racehorse owners Jack and Linda Ramsden, as well as jockey Kieren Fallon.

Sporting Life (retailer)

Sporting Life is a sporting goods retailer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sporting Life sells footwear, apparel, and equipment catered towards runners, cyclers, skiers, snowboarders, and hikers. Sporting Life also carries a mix of high end and casual clothing brands, the most popular of which include Polo Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Michael Kors, Roxy, Nike, Hugo Boss and Lacoste.

Sporting Life is well known for its large stock of outerwear, fleece, coats, and jackets, often regarded as Ontario's "luxury sporting goods store (and $2,300 parka emporium)" and the "Holt Renfew of the sporting world". It is one of the few Canadian retailers to carry expensive labels such as Arc'teryx, Canada Goose, Marmot, Moncler, The North Face, Patagonia, and Salomon. The outerware selection is often considered "sporty chic" while incorporating high performance technologies such as Gore-Tex and/or premium goose down; Sporting Life was one of the first North American retailers of Canada Goose, which has only been recently also been sold at Holt Renfrew and Harry Rosen. Sporting Life's clientele tends to be more upmarket and enthusiast, in contrast to another domestic sporting goods retailer, Sport Chek, which caters to a more casual audience as well being common in Canadian shopping plazas and malls. Sporting Life's annual sales in 2011 were $100 million, less than one tenth of Sport Chek's parent Forzani Group. Co-founder David Russell suggested that Sport Chek and Sporting Life were not direct competitors, saying “Typically, our price points take over where theirs end”.