Of the select few who make it to the elite world of professional sport, most have to settle simply making it.…
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Author: James Toney
SJA Sports Team of the Year: The case for England Rugby’s Red Roses
After a year defined by redemption and success, England’s Red Roses have more than earned their place as a leading candidate to be named the SJA Tea…
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SJA Sportswoman of the Year: The case for Katarina Johnson-Thompson
The sweetest of redemptions. The most dramatic of finishes. A historic world gold medal for Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon at the Athleti…
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SJA Sportsman of the Year: The case for Alfie Hewett
Alfie Hewett continues to defy the odds, this year recording his most successful season on tour, achieving previously unthinkable new heights of wheel…
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He was the biggest influence on so many Fleet Street careers – Express colleagues remember David Emery
There have been so many tributes from across the industry following the news of the death of past SJA chairman David Emery. Malcolm Folley, Charlie Sa…
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Remembering David Emery, the journalists’ sports editor
If strikers tend to hog the football headlines, then this journalism ‘sport’ is all too often all about the writers. However, David Emery,…
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Remembering Ian Laybourn who brought rugby league to national and regional media
Tributes have been paid to Ian Laybourn, the PA news agency’s long-standing rugby league correspondent, who has died at the age of 67. Laybourn …
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Hiring now: London Marathon, Sportsbeat, The Guardian and i Paper
Follow the SJA’s social media channels – or better still sign up to become a member – and keep up to date with the latest jobs in spor…
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Celebrating 75 years of the SJA and iconic radio institution … Sports Report
By PHILIP BARKER This year marks the 75th anniversary of the foundation of what became the Sports Journalists’ Association. There had been explo…
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Remembering ‘Coley’, two-time SJA chairman and Fleet Street stalwart
By MARK ALFORD FUNERAL DETAILS UPDATE: Ian’s funeral will take place at Southend Crematorium at 12:40 on Thursday 9th of March, followed b…
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