SJA secretary and insidethegames journalist Philip Barker has been informed he will have to spend two weeks in quarantine in his hotel room after bein…
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A year of special challenges for Bill McGowran Trophy winners
The Bill McGowran Trophy is the longest running award of its kind. PHILIP BARKER pays tribute to this year’s winners. Triple victories were the …
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SJA greatest Sportsman and Sportswoman: A look back at the last 71 years
PHILIP BARKER looks back at some of those who won our awards, and a few surprising omissions to give voters some food for thought on who is the SJA…
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PA Media head of sport Ashley Broadley new SJA chairman
Ashley Broadley, PA Media head of sport (left), is the new chair of the Sports Journalists’ Association. He takes over from co-chairs Andy Ellio…
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Blood and Circuses ‘a fascinating yet nightmarish journey into the wild east’
PHILIP BARKER reviews Blood and Circuses, the story of what happened to football in the former Soviet Bloc after the cold war ended Robert O’Connor …
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Coronavirus threat stops torch relay in Greece for first time since civil war in 1948
SJA committee member and sports historian PHILIP BARKER reports from Sparta where the Greek leg of the Olympic flame torch relay was cancelled because…
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Ingham autobiography out in paperback – ‘for anyone who loves radio sport the way it should be done’
Mike Ingham’s acclaimed autobiography will be universally available at the end of March when it is released in paperback. Ingham, for many years…
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When Wembley final staged penalty shoot-out as pre-match TV gimmick for ‘On The Ball’
By PHILIP BARKER Manchester City did not need a penalty shoot-out to win the Carabao Cup on Sunday but when they first lifted the same trophy 50 years…
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Pioneers of the polls: How British Sports Awards broke new ground
Voting is open for the 2019 SJA British Sports Awards, with members encouraged to cast their ballots for their Sportsman, Sportswoman and Sports Team …
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Sixty years since SJA voted for the first sportswoman of the year
We are fast approaching the SJA British Sports Awards when members will vote for sportsman, sportswoman and sports team of the year. We were the first…
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