March 2011 – Sports Journalists’ Association

March 31, 2011April 5, 2011

BP to sponsor SJA’s Olympic Question Time

"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…

March 30, 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…

March 30, 2011April 2, 2011

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…

March 29, 2011March 30, 2011

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…

March 29, 2011April 9, 2011

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…

March 29, 2011April 2, 2011

“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…

March 28, 2011November 19, 2011

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…

March 28, 2011

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…

March 28, 2011March 28, 2011

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…

March 25, 2011April 11, 2011

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…