Launch of AS Chile, the portal with the very best of Chilean and international sport

AS.com continues to grow in the Americas with the launch of AS Chile. The new portal is set to bring readers all the latest Chilean sports news, with Leopoldo Iturra (Valparaiso, 1972) heading a team 12 journalists as well as renowned reporters and columnists, including the Chilevisión presenter Cristian Arcos, the writer Francisco Mouat and ADN Radio’s sports editor Rodrigo Hernandez.

AS Chile is committed to delivering the very best writers and the very best content. To offering all the latest news on Chilean and international sport instantly: team news, and updates on major players abroad. The menu will provide access to the best content and highlights from AS España, AStv, complete with topical videos and news on the Chilean league. AS Chile won’t be taking its eye off the ball when it comes to Chilean sport, and will be offering users league tables, fixtures and live broadcasts.

AS Chile is also set to become a window on the outside world, because it will follow every move of Chilean athletes and sportsmen in competitions abroad, and will be keeping fans up to date on all major foreign leagues. For users living in Chile, access will be automatic by typing www.as.com. In Spain, as is the case with AS America -- the AS.com edition covering sports across the Americas -- access is via the “Editions” tab at the top of the page. There, users can choose from three options: Spain, Americas and Chile.

One of the strengths of AS Chile is that it will be bringing together the very best of the newsrooms of AS España and AS America. "We’ll be making local content for Chile at the same standards as AS. It’s a great advantage to have development tools, both for AS content and statistics, that will help us create a high-quality product," explained Iturra, editor of AS Chile -- a site from the AS stable that’s set to or bring together all the best of Chilean sport.