Zoom in at 6pm on Tuesday 7 January 2025 for a special session about the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards; a panel of experts will be on hand to o…
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How Fleet Street’s coverage of Wolves vs Honved 70 years ago helped ‘found’ UEFA Champions League
On 13 December 1954, Wolves recorded a famous victory over Honved under the lights at Molineux in front of 55,000 fans; media coverage reflecting the …
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Over 85% of sports journalists say online abuse is threatening press freedom
Landmark research reveals surge of online abuse facing sports journalists in the last year; Sports Journalist Barometer Report, produced by the United…
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Sport for Change prize handed to Clean Water Sports Alliance at SJA British Sports Awards reception
Project set up by coalition of national governing bodies scoops annual award, supported by Connect Sport CIC and Altair Ltd; CWSA collects prize at sp…
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Tale of life as a tennis pro in ‘The Racket’ wins Conor Niland the coveted Bookie Prize
Irish author Conor Niland is the winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2024; 'The Racket' is the first book about tennis to take th…
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Latest ‘Turf Wars’ book will interest not only Yorkshire folk but football fans everywhere
Yorkshire's role in setting English football on its way to dominate world sport is traced in a new book reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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SJA British Sports Awards back on TV, with Sportsman of the Year Alex Yee among winners at Sky Studios
Olympic champions Alex Yee and Keely Hodgkinson claim Sportsman and Sportswoman titles respectively, with Team GB rowers at Paris 2024 named Team of …
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Six projects shortlisted for SJA Sport for Change Award 2024
Judging panel has narrowed down the entries for the seventh edition of the prize, which will be presented as part of a special SJA British Sports Awar…
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Knighted by Spurs fans, ‘football man’ Bill Nicholson’s story is told in wonderful book
A new biography by Steve Perryman and Norman Giller provides the definitive record of a Spurs legend who won the league as a player and the Double as …
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Sports writers, Steve Ovett and Banana Surprise… the British Sports Awards on TV, 46 years ago
Ahead of the announcement of the SJA British Sports Awards 2024 winners on Sky Sports on Wednesday 20 November, SJA secretary Philip Barker looks back…
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