Peter Jackson (President, Rugby Union Writers’ Club) pays tribute to life member Robin Davey, who has died suddenly at 77 When he retired aft…
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Son of BBC’s voice of rugby Nigel Starmer-Smith pens top ten hit with proceeds to dementia charities
By JON RYAN, former sports editor Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday and a close friend of Nigel Starmer-Smith The figure lying in the cot bed…
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In a single, elegant phrase, Lacey had ended the argument. It was an enviable trick…
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA President, pays tribute to friend David Lacey, former Guardian football correspondent, who has died age 83 At a critical stage of…
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Leading voices in football media talk LGBTQ+ inclusion on Pride panel – listen via podcast
Nicky Bandini, Adam Crafton, Matt Dickinson and Lianne Sanderson speak on Pride panel event convened by Sports Media LGBT+ and Football Writers’…
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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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Cricket Writers’ Club release open letter in appeal to ECB to re-think jobs cull
The Cricket Writers’ Club have appealed to the ECB to rethink cost-saving plans which would slash county cricket coverage and involve a mass cull of…
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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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RIP: SJA member Bill Meredith from 13-year-old copy boy to Telegraph assistant sports editor
The Football Writers’ Association have kindly allowed us to publish their tribute to SJA member Bill Meredith, who has sadly died at 92. By John…
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When I tell the athletes I have a disability it changes the dynamic – broadcaster Andy Stevenson
Freelance sports broadcaster and podcaster Andy Stevenson was born with no hands and has an artificial leg but that has not stopped him carving out a …
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Cricket Writers’ Club awards for Crawley, Cook, Ecclestone and Bowser
England batsmen past and present, and a world number one spinner were among the winners of the 2020 Cricket Writers’ Club player awards. Zak Cra…
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