"Last year ahead of the General Election we staged a similar event with the sports spokesmen of the three leading political parties and generated head…
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Month: March 2011
O’Rorke gets WADA’s senior media manager job
The World Anti-Doping Agency has appointed a London sports journalist as its senior manager media relations and communications…
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Accreditation: 2011 Paralympic World Cup
The accreditation process for the 2011 Paralympic World Cup is now open. The event is the largest annual multi-sport competition for elite athletes wi…
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Will Chignell to be English rugby’s new media chief
Chignell begins his new job on July 4, one of a raft of appointments being made by new chief executive John Steele in a re-organisation of Twickenham…
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Sports Journalists’ Association annual meeting: April 13
This year's agenda includes no proposals for the change of rules or constitution, and the business of the meeting will be to receive the committee's a…
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“I’m not a robot. I’ll be back with a vengeance”
IAN COLE collects the week's sports and journalism quotes, including England football, cycling world championships, the Boat Race, cricket World Cup a…
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Independent on Sunday appoints Robinson sports editor
Neil Robinson, sports editor of the Irish Daily Mail, has been recruited to head the sports desk at the Independent on Sunday…
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Ray Matts is given send off that rocks all over the world
Jeff Farmer, a Midlands colleague of Matts, told of the early stages of his career and football manager Ron Atkinson, who Matts worked with when he wa…
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RFU hires Calveley for new public affairs position
Calveley is one of a number of appointments made following some reorganisation of the RFU by John Steele, who moved to Twickenham as chief executive l…
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Book goes National distance better than Devon Loch
ANTON RIPPON reviews a new book on the Grand National that may - after more than half a century - offer an explanation to one of sport's most enduring…
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