Two hugely experienced sports journalists at the York Press have been made redundant. York City FC reporter Dave Flett (pictured above) and Peter Mart…
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Month: June 2019
Hearts pay tribute following death of club photographer Ron MacNeill
SJA member Ron MacNeill, club photographer at Hearts, has died. The Scottish club revealed his passing on their website. Paying tribute, Hearts said: …
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Three regional football journalists join The Athletic
New digital sports subscription publishers The Athletic have added three leading regional paper writers to their expanding team. Phil Hay of the Yorks…
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Harris wins race to record Liverpool’s amazing season
Liverpool, famous for the Grand National at Aintree, can gear up for a different sort of race this summer. Who will be first past the post in the spri…
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Sun’s Snowdon new head of sport at Times as Hallissey retires
Times head of sport Tim Hallissey is retiring after 24 years and will be replaced by Sun assistant editor Les Snowdon. Hallissey, whose departure foll…
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Former SJA committee’s ‘Mr Cycling’ Benstead dies at the age of 86
Picture courtesy of British Cycling Former SJA committee member Stuart Benstead has died at the age of 86. He leaves behind an extraordinary legacy to…
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Ground-breaker Shooble is first recipient of SJA diversity scholarship
Ahmed Shooble was the first member of his immediate family to be born in the UK, the first to attend university, and is now the first recipient of the…
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Accreditation opens for Euro Modern Pentathlon Champs & Olympic qualifier
Media accreditation is now open for the 2019 European Modern Pentathlon Championships, supported by the National Lottery, and which also acts as…
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Accreditation opens for World Para Swimming Championships
World Para Swimming and British Swimming have opened the accreditation process for the World Para Swimming Championships later this year. What: L…
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Photographers’ fury as British Basketball Federation demand free images
Picture credit: Mansoor Ahmed The British Basketball Federation has been accused of an astonishing attempt to wrestle copyright away from photographer…
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