Tokyo 2020 officials are seeking to slash the number of accreditations for this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, according to local media report…
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Author: James Toney
Sports Journalists’ Association Annual General Meeting 2021
This is to give formal notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Sports Journalists’ Association will be held on 15th April 2021 at 1230. In…
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The Cricketer raises its bat to a swashbuckling century
By PHILIP BARKER “The popularity of and interest in cricket not only here, but in every part of the world where Englishmen are gathered was never gr…
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SJA Notebook: Tokyo 2020 officials discuss revised press operation plans with Games media
Journalists were given a glimpse of restrictions for this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics in a briefing for the world’s media today. IOC press o…
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SJA Notebook: Tokyo media plans will change, Newcastle ban writers’ questions, Baxter wins award and iconic yearbook editor dies
Catch up with our regular column of sports journalists making the news … IOC finalise plans for Tokyo operations with media capacity expected to be …
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SJA Notebook: Tour to be covered remotely, radio station closed and journalism award scrapped
Catch up with our regular column of sports journalists making the news … And don’t forget the deadline for the British Sports Journalism Awards is…
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Recalling the mystery of The Great Cup Robbery
By PHILIP BARKER This weekend Arsenal began their FA Cup defence against Newcastle United, but 125 seasons ago, the Cup holders managed to lose the tr…
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Portsmouth’s turbulent 2019-20 season is recalled in a blockbuster book
By ERIC BROWN Mention the history of Portsmouth FC and those of a certain age will pontificate nostalgically about the club’s glory days just before…
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SJA Notebook: Covid rules shut reporters out of football matches
Catch up with our regular column of sports journalists making the news … And don’t forget, the deadline for the British Sports Journalism Awards i…
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Before The Athletic, there was another journalism trailblazer … the ‘Athletic News’
By PHILIP BARKER Long before The Athletic, there was the ‘Athletic News’, essential reading for sports fans on either side of the first wo…
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