FUNERAL DETAILS SEE BELOW Former Times deputy sports editor Clive White has died peacefully at the age of 71 at his daughter Chloe’s home after a lo…
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The first SJA Sportsman of the Year – Jim Dear in 1949
The British Sports Awards goes back a bit. In fact the then Sports Writers’ Association staged their first dinner in 1949 and acknowledged five …
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Ex-Sun tennis and football reporter Jamieson dies at 76
Hugh Jamieson, for many years tennis corresponent and Midlands football writer at The Sun, has died after a short illness. Jamieson, 76, nicknamed the…
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I was grateful for security men – PA reporter Crooks on Nastase fury
Press Association Sport tennis correspondent ELEANOR CROOKS was verbally abused and physically threatened last weekend as she attempted to do her job …
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Andy Murray, Laura Kenny and women’s hockey take honours
Andy Murray was today named as the 68th winner of the SJA's Sportsman of the Year Award, with Laura Kenny winning the Sportswoman trophy and Great Bri…
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Live feed from the 2016 SJA British Sports Awards
From noon today, live from The Pavilion at the Tower of London, ANDREW McDERMOTT of PA Sport will be reporting on the 68th SJA British Sports Awards, …
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Wilson ‘jumps the net’ to join tennis federation
'I am excited to join the ITF and combine tennis, a sport that I have covered for 30 years, with the wider Olympic movement where I have seen the impa…
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Count on Konta to be our Sportswoman of 2016
Voting is open for the rest of this month for SJA members to back their Sportsman, Team and Sportswoman of 2016. JANINE SELF, the SJA's vice-chair, sa…
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Uncovering the power of sport to take control
PAUL BROWN found Anna Kessel's new book about sport, and women, inspiring…
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SJA sends best wishes to Newcombe after his hip op
The officers and committee of the SJA send their best wishes for a speedy recovery to Barry Newcombe, our immediate past chairman, who broke his hip a…
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