1.2 The Characteristics of Sports News
When it comes to the perspective of the scope of sports news, which can be regarded as one necessary branch of press business as well as a close relationship with sports undertakings, the characteristics of sports news are naturally and gradually formed in the process of the interaction and intercommunication between news and sports undertakings.

The sports news shares the common characteristics of reports news in a general way, such as timeliness, importance, interest, prominence and unusualness. As the name implies, timeliness is a matter of time, because only the reports of latest sports activities can attract readers’ attention while the rest are usually ignored behind the time. This is especially true for sports news, just as we all know that sports fans always want to know the results of all kinds of matches, and some eager sports fans even stay up all night watching sports games or waiting for the results of matches. Importance of sports news can be taken as beyond language, as it adds the spicy part to common people’s life and encourage numerous people to pursue their dreams after their sports idols. Then as the importance of sports news implicates, prominence is another characteristic of sports news. As exposure is the tax celebrities have to pay to the public for being famous, every movement of those sports stars catch sports fans’ attention through the sports news, which includes not only the accomplishment they achieve on the field but also what they actually do off the field. Just as readers feel keener about the bad news, the bad sports news usually attracts more attention from the sports fans, so that’s called unusualness of the sports news. News is obvious made to appeal the readers, therefore, it is out of the question that interest is another characteristic of sports news.

However, when abiding by the principles of news and reflecting the real sports activities in an objective way just as the general sports news do, meanwhile, as a specific style of news writing, sports news boasts its distinctive features besides the general characteristics that all types of news have. First, sports news bases on the abundant materials, as there are numerous sports events happening around the world day and night and countless sports news edited and published on different newspapers, on television and on the Internet. Secondly, the audience of sports news from all walks of life, regardless of their difference in nationality, gender, race, religion and social status. Last but not least, given the nature of sports news, a qualified sports journalist has to be highly professional and news-conscious. As a result of the fierce competition in the reporting of sports news, he must have erudite knowledge about sports, therefore he may under a lot of pressure.

1.3 Types of Sports News Coverage
The rapidly flourishing technology provides a large number of modes of transmission, as a result, people will be able to make much more contact with all kinds of news which of course include sports news. With more frequent contact between sports and sports fans by way of sports news, people are getting a better understanding of sports news, therefore, sports news cast much more influence on people’s work and life. Sports news firstly and officially appears on newspaper, which is a very traditional mode of transmission. Later, sports news are spread out by radio, then television becomes a very powerful media of transmission and it still occupies a major role in today’s news world. At the present, the Internet may become the most used media to spread news and share information, because sports news is so easily gained on the Internet just with a few “clicks”. With so many ways of transmission, therefore, types of sports news coverage must be getting into a much better situation, which will inevitably promote the intercommunication of sports news and different culture between different countries. 浅析英语体育新闻的汉译策略(2):http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_3619.html