Mark Pearn and Alex Danson have been named UK Players of the Year for 2011 following the annual poll conducted among British members of the Hockey Writers’ Club
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The 2012 WADA symposium, including sessions with WADA President John Fahey and Director General David Howman, will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, on February 7
Continue reading →Badminton’s Olympic qualifying race has entered its final months, but there are still some key home dates in the international calendar where media can follow London 2012 hopefuls
Continue reading →The chairman of LOCOG, LORD COE, begins the final countdown to the Greatest Show on Earth with this message for the Sports Journalists’ Association
Continue reading →On the eve of 2012, PHILIP BARKER looks back to the Olympic year of 1912, and the football reporter who won a gold medal for Britain at the Stockholm Games
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Channel 4: editor, Paralympics
You’ll be right at the heart of it, delivering high-end editorial support during the run up and while the Games are on. That means driving the creative process, liaising with talent and delivering programming that engages and inspires audiences.
Continue reading →PHILIP BARKER visits the first Paralympic sport to test out the facilities in London’s Olympic Park
Continue reading →The awards ceremony, which will be attended by some of the greatest names in sport, past and present, and broadcast to a worldwide TV audience, will be staged at Central Hall, Westminster on February 6
Continue reading →PHILIP BARKER is spending the week at Olympic Park at the latest 2012 test event, trying to get a handle on handball
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