By Philip Barker SJA member Don Anthony has been honoured with the International Olympic Committee award for “Sport and Promotion of Olympism.…
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Month: June 2007
Powell latest Times sport man to leave
David Powell, athletics correspondent at The Times since 1990, is to leave the newspaper as part of the round of redundancies in which 30 journalists …
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Northcliffe to launch more football and rugby sites
Associated Northcliffe’s regional newspapers are out to tap in to football cash, a senior executive says, by launching 19 websites dedicated to …
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Can London give Tour a shot in the arm?
From William Fotheringham, The Guardian With the Tour de France starting in London in less than four weeks a highly placed member of the company that …
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Pension fears over Racing Post transfer
From the Press Gazette Trinity Mirror has transferred all staff on the Racing Post from its sports division to a dormant company to encourage its sale…
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Fitting award for Sir Beefy
As modern knights of the realm go, can there be any more fitting candidate to sit at Queen Elizabeth’s round table than Ian Botham? In these day…
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Murdoch: How I changed football
Rupert Murdoch has recorded a 45-minute interview talking for the first time in detail on television about how he has changed the face of British foot…
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BOA annual meeting – June 20
The British Olympic Association will host its annual general meeting, the 2007 National Olympic Assembly, on Wednesday June 20 at the Royal College of…
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Sporting quotes of the week – 15Jun2007
The past week in sport and sports journalism, featuring Lewis Hamilton, Michael Vaughan and Tim Henman, plus the Bob Woolmer case and a new take on th…
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Goodbody to retire in Times jobs cuts
John Goodbody, for 21 years the sports news correspondent of The Times, is to take early retirement, it was announced this afternoon.…
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