Five of 10 images shortlisted in Picture category for Canon-sponsored Photography Awards taken at Paris 2024; Lee Smith (Action Images / Reuters) in c…
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Student sports writers encouraged to check out Pitch Magazine’s annual competition
Entry window open until 9 April 2025 for Pitch Magazine's Young Sports Journalist writing competition; young people in U.K. aged between 14 and 21 are…
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Patrick Barclay’s immense talent shone through on the page and on screen, recalls Patrick Collins
Former SJA President Patrick Collins was a close friend of his fellow sportswriting great Paddy Barclay, who has sadly died aged 77; here, he shares h…
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Patrick Barclay, 1947-2025: ‘One of the greatest sports writers of his or any generation’
Patrick Barclay, the former chair of the Football Writers' Association and an SJA Sports Writer of the Year Award winner, has died at the age of 77...…
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New era for Hockey Writers’ Club Awards
41st annual awards presentation held in London; Lee Morton (Old Georgians) and Sophie Hamilton (Surbiton) win prestigious players awards...…
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Sports reporting agency Hayters to celebrate 70th anniversary with special event in London
El Vino Fleet Street wine bar to host reunion party on Wednesday 12 February, marking platinum anniversary of Hayters; Reg Hayter started up the agenc…
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Wealth of entertaining stories in ‘Tinpot: Football’s Forgotten Tournaments’
A new book exploring some of the most obscure and forgettable tournaments in UK football history is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Matthew Ashton’s talent, generosity and passion for Shrewsbury Town remembered in tributes
Matthew Ashton, who has died at the age of 53, was a much-admired football photographer whose love of Shrewsbury Town was legendary in the industry; h…
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Journalists frustrated by behind-closed-doors hustings for IOC presidency
Cramped conditions in media room at futuristic Olympic House limit number of journalists at hustings to just 30; those present in Lausanne could get a…
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‘World of Sport’ shook up broadcasting when it began on ITV, 60 years ago this weekend
On 2 January 1965, ITV screened 'World of Sport' for the first time, going up against 'Grandstand' on the BBC; presented by Eamonn Andrews and later b…
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