STATSCORE, one of the world’s leading sports data providers and a technology partner for media and sports businesses, has entered into a partnership with LUSA, Portugal’s top news agency, to supply advanced, real-time sports data that will enhance the quality, accuracy and speed of LUSA’s sports coverage.
LUSA – Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A. is the largest Portuguese-speaking news agency, providing complete coverage of current events in all media formats – text, audio, video, photo, and multimedia – for all media outlets and companies that want to follow the country and the world in real time.
LUSA’s newswire distributes daily around five hundred news items, 1,600 photographs, twenty videos and forty audio clips, with a quality service that is measured, above all, by reference journalism and the independence that is the hallmark of LUSA. With more than two hundred journalists, LUSA is present in twenty-one countries, all over the five continents.
LUSA is a company fully held by the Portuguese State.
Sports content – particularly football – is among the most in-demand areas across LUSA’s client base, reflecting Portugal’s strong football culture and the constant need for timely, trustworthy updates.
Under the agreement, STATSCORE will deliver data via its SportsAPI across multiple sports, including football, basketball, volleyball, handball and futsal. In addition, the company will provide a tailored solution enabling LUSA’s journalists to easily access sports data and export it directly to support article creation.
Collaborating with STATSCORE as our sports data partner is an important step in further enhancing the accuracy, reliability and depth of our sports coverage. This partnership allows us to provide our partners with richer, well-structured sports information that supports high-quality journalism across print, digital and broadcast platforms. Furthermore, it allows us to deliver a public service of excellence, grounded in factuality, impartiality, rigor, and trust, while becoming more inclusive by reaching a wider range of sports and audiences. – said Joaquim Carreira, CEO at LUSA
STATSCORE SportsAPI provides verified live data and industry-leading sports technology that enhances user experience, boosts engagement and retention, drives traffic, and creates new monetization opportunities.
The partnership with LUSA reflects our shared commitment to accuracy, reliability and innovation in sports journalism. By combining LUSA’s editorial expertise with STATSCORE’s real-time data solutions, we are enabling richer sports storytelling and supporting the growing demand for fast, structured and trustworthy sports information – said George Fotev, Chief Revenue Officer at STATSCORE.
This collaboration reinforces both companies’ commitment to delivering high-quality sports information and meeting the growing demand for fast, data-driven journalism.
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STATSCORE is a sports data and technology partner helping media organizations, broadcasters and digital publishers deliver faster, richer and more engaging sports coverage. The company provides real-time structured sports data, ready-to-publish content formats and newsroom-ready tools through APIs, interactive widgets, minisites and data visualization hubs. STATSCORE’s coverage spans 30 sports disciplines, drawing on data from over 400,000 events annually across more than 14,000 competitions and involving more than 1 million athletes. Learn more at www.statscore.com.
LUSA is the largest news agency in Portugal, as well as the largest news agency in the Portuguese language. Find out more at www.lusa.pt.
