The Client

Undoubtedly, 24sports is the leading online sports portal in Cyprus. Created in 2007, it provides constant updates regarding all sporting events.  It belongs to SPP Media, the biggest media group in Cyprus that operates beyond the magazines, to music television internet and radio.

The Challenge

• Organize and display content in a smart and accessible way
• Increase site traffic and optimize for the search engines
• Add content management system to allow editing and updating content
• Modern and youthful design based to sports target group
• Connect with sister portals

The Solution

• Categorization of content areas sorted per sport
• Homepage slideshow displaying featured articles
• Homepage “Latest News” block showing all latest sports news in order to keep readers updated
• Themed pages for all local teams that display all news and articles regarding the team in all sports
• “24 news” ticker containing daily sports news
• Inclusion of a “Now In Kathimerini” feed block with latest news headlines from Kathimerini online newspaper
• Creation of Video and Photographs blocks
• Creation of Ratings block with all local team current ratings
• Inclusion of Most Rated articles block
• Creation of a Live Matches addon integrated with the website and Mobile App
• Creation of a Mobile Application for the mobile viewers of the website

The Technology

• WebStudio for Online Newspaper
• Integrated with ADSTORE Advertising Platform
• XML feeds for Mobile Apps
• HTML, CSS, JS, XML

The Results

24Sports has skyrocketed to the top of Cyprus sports portals due to its youthful and powerful design, content architecture and smart use of technology, attracting sports fans to read, be informed, comment and share content and team news.