Private company
Sportal
Logo: PERFORM Deutschland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Sportal was a company of the dotcom boom at the end of the 1990s. Founded by Rob Hersov, and backed by BSkyB and Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest among others, the company, originally called Pangolin, acquired rights to host a many official websites of Europe's leading football clubs (including Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and Bayern Munich) as well as lower-profile sites across a number of other sports.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Sportal was a company of the dotcom boom at the end of the 1990s. Founded by Rob Hersov, and backed by BSkyB and Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest among others, the company, originally called Pangolin, acquired rights to host a many official websites of Europe's leading football clubs (including Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and Bayern Munich) as well as lower-profile sites across a number of other sports.2
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- 1WikidataSportal on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSportal on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSportal logo by PERFORM Deutschland, Public domain