Athletes from 206 teams competing at the Olympics will sail down the Seine on a fleet of boats on the evening of Friday 26 July; SJA secretary Philip …
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Category: Olympics
The Olympics are coming! Paris 2024 torch relay begins with ‘pre-lit’ Flame and tight security
The Summer Olympics is just 100 days away, and SJA secretary Philip Barker was at the birthplace of the ancient Games in Greece to see the Flame ignit…
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Olympic honour bestowed on David Miller, acclaimed journalist and former SJA chairman
The International Olympic Committee has recognised the "unique contribution" of writer and historian David Miller, who was previously chief sports cor…
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SJA supports inspirational ‘Scottish Sporting Pride’ #AuthenticMe event in Glasgow
Olympic silver medalist Bruce Mouat, ParalympicsGB star Robyn Love and football referee Lloyd Wilson are special guests at panel discussion put on by …
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‘A masterpiece of sensitive broadcasting’: The Munich massacre remembered
After the 50th anniversary of the Munich massacre, SJA secretary Philip Barker recalls David Coleman’s “finest hour as a broadcaster”…
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‘Be creative and embrace variety’: Top tips from SJA special event
By Jon Holmes With expert advice and enthralling personal experiences, the Sports Journalists’ Association’s special live ‘Storytell…
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SJA secretary forced into 14-day Tokyo quarantine and BBC Scotland also hit
SJA secretary and insidethegames journalist Philip Barker has been informed he will have to spend two weeks in quarantine in his hotel room after bein…
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We’re watching you: Strict rules issued to Tokyo 2020 journalists
Journalists covering the Tokyo Games have been warned to follow the rules or they could find themselves ‘exposed’ on social media. Despite…
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How Ian Wooldridge upset Prince Philip and the Kremlin 40 years ago
The Moscow Olympic Games opened on July 19, 1980. Four decades on, PHILIP BARKER tells the story of the part that Ian Wooldridge played as politics th…
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Coronavirus threat stops torch relay in Greece for first time since civil war in 1948
SJA committee member and sports historian PHILIP BARKER reports from Sparta where the Greek leg of the Olympic flame torch relay was cancelled because…
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