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Sport-Informations-Dienst
Logo: Sport-Informations-Dienst, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Sport-Informations-Dienst GmbH (SID) (Sport Information Service) is a German news agency. Based in Cologne, it has grown to be a major sport news agency. It was founded on 15 September 1945.2 It is part of Agence France-Presse.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Sport-Informations-Dienst GmbH (SID) (Sport Information Service) is a German news agency. Based in Cologne, it has grown to be a major sport news agency. It was founded on 15 September 1945. In 1998, it became a subsidiary of Agence France-Presse.2
Corporate structure
Sport-Informations-Dienst is part of a group headed by Agence France-Presse. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Agence France-Presse Paris, France
- Sport-Informations-Dienst Cologne
- Keystone Paris Subsidiary · Paris, France
- AFP BLUE Subsidiary · Paris, France
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Products and brands
- news agency
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Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Owners
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Timeline
- 1945Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitesid.de1
- Websitewww.sid.de1
- X (Twitter)x.com/SID_Sportnews1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/SIDSportnews1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/sid.sportnews1
- WikipediaSport-Informations-Dienst
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1647020
Sources
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsSport-Informations-Dienst photo by Die Galerie, CC BY-SA 3.0