By PATRICK COLLINS, President of the SJA The taxi was ordered, the table was booked, and the Roman restaurant came with the highest recommendatio…
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Month: September 2018
Terry O’Connor memorabilia on show as Sporting Memories go on the road
By ANTON RIPPON WE all have our sporting memories, and it seems that the older we get the more important they become. As they say, it’s an…
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Sports stars to share LGBT stories at #AuthenticMe event at BBC Sport
The SJA is delighted to support our friends at Sports Media LGBT+ at a special event called #AuthenticMe at BBC’s Salford headquarters next mont…
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Simon Barnes goes in search of the soul of sport and asks why it matters
Review by ERIC BROWN Lights began to flicker on one by one in the early hours of the morning as bleary-eyed souls reached for telephones whose insiste…
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Women empowered by change as Saudi Arabia take more liberal approach
A few weeks ago a delegation of Saudi Arabian journalists visited London and met SJA co-chair Andy Elliott and former chairman David Walker. This…
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1988 and all that – how gold medal Seoul Glow left a warm glow
SARAH JUGGINS reviews a new book on Britain’s men’s hockey Olympic gold medallists from Seoul 1988. What were you doing on the 1 October 1…
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New online radio station promises a broadcast Feast of Football
A new football radio station is being launched next month and is on the look-out for prospective presenters who would initially be prepared to work fo…
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RIP Ralph Ellis: Reliable, professional, an old-school sports journalist
FUNERAL DETAILS: Monday, October 15, Weston-Super-Mare Crematorium, 1.30. No flowers. Donations to https://ralph-ellis.muchloved.com/ for prostra…
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Thanks for the memories, especially when it comes to Manchester United
Somewhere, maybe in the loft or even in the garage, I still have souvenirs tucked away of my early visits to Charlton Athletic matches while still a s…
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Covered 10 men’s FIFA World Cups? You’re wanted
Media officers of the world football federation are on a mission to trace veteran World Cup reporters and photographers who have covered at least 10 e…
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