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14 Jun
2013

Funeral arrangements: Mike Brett

Cheshire-based Brett was a professional photographer for more than 30 years, covering a range of sport from Alpine skiing to underwater hockey, but with much of his focus on his first-love, rugby

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20 May
2013

Ian Willars: funeral arrangements, May 23

The funeral of Ian Willars will be held this Thursday, May 23, at Emmanuel Church, Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield

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18 May
2013

BBC’s Overend excited by his new Olympic brief

Jonathan Overend: his last fortnight in the commentary box at Wimbledon as BBC tennis correspondent will be next month

Jonathan Overend, the former SJA Sports Broadcaster of the Year has accepted a new role with Radio 5Live that will see him doing more sport and news presenting

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14 May
2013

Former chairman O’Connor finds Home from home

2008 Sports awards - Terry O'Connor

Terry O’Connor, who was chairman of the Association more than 50 years ago, has been unwell recently and is staying at the home supported by the Journalists’ Charity in Dorking, Surre

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11 May
2013

BT Sport unveils Balding and Kelly as show hosts

Clare Balding: fronting weekly BT Sport show

BT Sport, which will show 38 live Barclays Premier League matches next season, unveiled its team on Thursday from their new headquarters – the media broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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3 May
2013

Walsh unveils the story behind the Armstrong story

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David Walsh has written four books about Lance Armstrong but this one, ANTON RIPPON says, is about more than the cyclist

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2 May
2013

Paul Kimmage, PayPal and the $64,000 question

Paul Kimmage: public support

The Cyclingnews website is reporting that more than £40,000 – well, $64,000 to be precise – has gone missing from a fund collected to pay for costs incurred by Paul Kimmage, the award-winning SJA member, in his legal battle with the world cycling body, the UCI

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2 Apr
2013

Cecil’s true-life story has a plot that defies fiction

Sir Henry Cecil: engrossing life story

Brough Scott’s long-awaited biography of Sir Henry Cecil is published next week. ANTON RIPPON reviews it

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26 Mar
2013

Paul Hayward: “Let us defend the reporters”

Working on deadline: Paul Hayward, the SJA's 2012 Sports Writer of the Year, working at the Montenegro v England World Cup qualifier tonight

PAUL HAYWARD was declared the 2012 SJA Sports Writer of the Year while on assignment in Montenegro. Here, he calls on his colleagues to celebrate, and defend, our business of journalism

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26 Mar
2013

Grainger’s gold-medal thanks to the sports media

Gold-medal endorsement: Katherine Grainger thanks the sporting media for its Olympic coverage

As the curtain came down at the end of a year that made us proud to be sports journalists – and especially British sports journalists – the cherry on the icing on the cake was provided by one of our greatest Olympic competitors, Ian Cole writes

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