LAUSANNE, December 23, 2021 - AIPS received 359 submissions from Asia for the fourth edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, with 28 countries represented.
The fourth edition of the prestigious Awards amassed over 1700 submissions, published between November 10, 2020 and November 4, 2021, from at least 133 different countries. And as usual, all continents were represented.
JUDGING Following the thorough review of every entry to make sure that all the materials received are correct and abide by the rules, judging has begun. In total, there are five voting stages conducted by 40 professionals from 35 nations en route to the Awards ceremony.
The first stage corresponds to a panel of specialists and mentors, that will narrow the works into a longlist per category. The members of the Executive Committee will make a first vote as they will select a shortlist.
The members of the Jury then will vote for the Top 10 nominees, Top 3 finalists and, the day before the ceremony, the winners. These voting stages will be conducted in January and February 2022.
THANK YOU The AIPS Sport Media Awards team would like to thank all participants for their commitment to sport media excellence. Certificates will be sent to all participants in the coming weeks.
See the list of the participating journalists from Asia who sent in 359 submissions in all the categories of the AIPS Sport Media Awards below.
Remember, each participant could present a maximum of two in the same or in two different categories. The same name will appear just one time if two submissions were made in the same category (names with *), while it will appear twice if the author submitted in two different categories.
AUDIO
Abid Rashid Baba (India) - Freelancer
Beatrice Lauren Go (Philippines) - Rappler
Muhammad Rosli (Malaysia) - Astro Arena
Shahram Zeinolabedini* (Iran) - Irib.ir
PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTFOLIO
Adnan El Hage Ali (Lebanon) - Al Akhbar
Ahmad Moeini Jam (Iran) - Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Ahrar Jebreni (Palestine) - Khabar24
Ali Haj Suleiman* (Syria) – Freelancer
Ali Sharifzade (Iran) - Podium Photos
Amin Mohammad Jamali (Iran) - Getty Images
Amirreza Ostovari (Iran) - Farsnews Agancy, Khabarvazeshi Newspaper
Atif Hawsawi* (Saudi Arabia) – Makkahnews
Atul Kamble (India) - Mid-day Infomedia Limited
Ayman Alqadi (Yemen) - FaceSport
Can Cao (China) – Xinhua News Agency
Cheng Zhang (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Chenthil Bharathi Mohan (India) – Freelancer
Fazry Ismail (Malaysia) - European Pressphoto Agency (EPA)
Ganbat Chuluunbaatar (Mongolia) - Mongolian Sports Press Union
Gang Li (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Gulzhan Turdubaeva (Kyrgyzstan) - Azattyk.org
Iori Sagisawa (Japan) - Kyodo News
Javid Nikpour (Iran) – Freelancer
Jinyoung Jang (Republic of Korea) – Joongang Ilbo
Jun Qian (China) - Freelancer
Lili Wang (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Luming Xia (China) - Osports Media
Maryam Majd (Iran) – Freelancer
Ming Li (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Mohammad Babaei (Iran) - Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Mohsen Bakhshandeh Zahmati* (Iran) - Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Naeem Ahmadi (Iran) - Iran Varzeshi
Nelly Elmasry (Palestine) – Freelancer
Philip Fong, Ka Yuen* (Hong Kong) – Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Sami Al Handhali (Yemen) - Yemeni Sports Media Association
Shams Amini (Afghanistan) - Afghanistan Football Federation Media Department
Wadad Hachichou (Lebanon) - Freelancer
Yan Han* (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Yichin Hou (Chinese Taipei) - TSNA
Zhang Xiaoyu (China) - Xinhua News Agency
PHOTOGRAPHY - SPORT ACTION
Abhijit Ratnakar Deshmukh (India) - Freelancer
Abhijith Ravi (India) - Kerala Kaumudi Daily
Ahmad Moeini Jam (Iran) - Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Akeel Algaddas* (Yemen) - Southern News Network
Ali Sharifzade (Iran) - Podium Photos
Alihayder Ujam* (Iraq) - European Pressphoto Agency (EPA)
Alireza Zeinali (Iran) - Young Journalists Club
Amin Mohammad (Iran) - Getty Images
Amirhossein Kheirkhah (Iran) - Varzesh3.ir
Amirreza Ostovari (Iran) - Farsnews Agancy, Khabarvazeshi Newspaper
Annice Lyn (Malaysia) - Freelancer
Arshad Khan (India) - UAE Pro League
Atul Kamble (India) - Mid-Day Infomedia Limited
Can Cao (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Cheng Zhang (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Emmer Farid (Malaysia) – SNE Images
Faisal Alloughani (Kuwait) – Sport Spirit Newspaper
Farshad Abbasi (Iran) - Hamshahri Newspaper
Fazry Ismail (Malaysia) - European Pressphoto Agency (EPA)
Ganbat Chuluunbaatar (Mongolia) - Mongolian Sports Press Union
Gitika Talukdar (India) - Freelancer
Guifang Liu* (China) - Sportsphoto.cn
Hashem Ali (Yemen) - Al-Mahra Satellite Channel
Hassan Mirzaaghabeik (Iran) - Freelancer
Huansong Zheng* (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Hussein Faleh (Iraq) - Freelancer
Hussein Sayed* (Qatar) - AP (Associated Press) and Al Sharq Newspaper
Issa Al.Raisi (Oman) – Oman News Agency
Javid Nikpour (Iran) - Freelancer
Jawad Sarwary (Afghanistan) - Freelancer
Kunal Patil (India) - Press Trust Of India
Li Yibo* (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Lide Zhang (China) - Image And Text Center Of China Sports Press Corporation
Lili Wang (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Lori Sagisawa (Japan) - Kyodo News
Luqmanul Arif Bin Abdul Karim* (Malaysia) - Creativeimage Sports Network
Maryam Majd (Iran) - Freelancer
Masato Sawada* (Japan) - The Tokyo Shimbun
Ming Li (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Mohamed Alselwi (Yemen) - Freelancer
Mohammad Javad Abjoushak (Iran) - Freelancer
Mohammad Karamali* (Iran) - Football360.ir
Mohd Rasfan Mohd Nor* (Malaysia) - Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Mohsen Esmaeilzadeh* (Iran) - Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA)
Muhammad Arbaz Salman (Pakistan) - Daily Kasoti
Muhammad Suleman Khan (Pakistan) - Daily Kasoti
Naeem Ahmadi (Iran) - Iran Varzeshi
Nyambileg Doyoddorj (Mongolia) - Mongolian Sports Press Union
Salem Abu Salem (Jordan) - Al Bayan Newspaper
Sami Al Handhali (Yemen) - Yemeni Sports Media Association
Seyed Ali (Farzam) Saleh* (Iran) - Borna News Agency
Shams Amini (Afghanistan) - Afghanistan Football Federation Media Department
Soulnar Mohamed (Syria) - North Press Agency
Stanislav Filippov (Kazakhstan) - Sportfotokz
Umar Hammad Abukibash (Palestine) - Freelancer
Wang Zheng* (China) - Freelancer
Yujia Dou (China) - Track & Field Camp
Zhenbin Zhong (China) - Imaginechina
VIDEO - ATHLETE PROFILE
Iyad Nasser* (Syria) - Syria TV
Jeet Bahadur Saud (Nepal) - Galaxy 4K
Jieni Cheng (China) - ChinaMediaGroup
Mengtong Niu (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Prarthana Hazarika* (India) – Freelancer
VIDEO - DOCUMENTARY
Imad Al-rikabi (Iraq) - Al-Iraqiya Sports
Mingrui Dong (China) - China Media Group
Mohammad Ali* (Jordan) – Freelancer
Mohaned Walied (Iraq) – Freelancer
Muath Mousa (Palestine) - Palestine Sport and Youth TV
Nadeem Khan (Pakistan) - Freelancer
Nan Shen (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Samat Jumakadyr (Kyrgyzstan) – Freelancer
Sidharth Gulati* (India) –Freelancer
Umar Hammad Abukibash (Palestine) - Freelancer
Vahid Jafari (Iran) – Freelancer
Zaher Noori (Afghanistan) - 1Tv
VIDEO - SHORT FEATURE
Asfand Panezai (Pakistan) - Freelancer
Badih Chayban (Lebanon) - Olympic Channel Services
Chujie Wang* (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Fadhel Alqshmri (Yemen) - Freelancer
Farjana Zahir* (Bangladesh) - DBC News
Hashem Ali (Yemen) - T. V Station
Hossein Rahmani* (Iran) - Young Journalist Club
Indira Bektenova (Kazakhstan) - QAZSPORT TV
Maziyar Koupidar (Iran) - Freelancer
Mehdi Rouzkhosh (Iran) - ISNA News Agency
Mohammad Aghaeifard (Iran) - Freelancer
Mohammad Farahpour (Iran) - Freelancer
Movahed Tarimoradi Motlagh (Iran) – Freelancer
Muhammad Asif Khan (Pakistan) - News One TV/Dawn/Scoreline
Nan Shen (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Rabee Adwan (Jordan) - Al-mala3b.net
Ranran Yue (China) - Xinhua News Agency
S m Ashraf (Bangladesh) - ATN BANGLA
Soulnar Mohamed (Syria) - North Press Agency
Vandna Vandna (India) - BBC India
Wan Muiz (Malaysia) - Astro Arena
Wen Shu* (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Xiaozhou Sun (China) - China Media Group
Yang Liu (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Yao Youming (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Zabihullah Shahzaad (Afghanistan) - Freelancer
Zulhelmi Zainal Azam (Malaysia) - Astro Arena
WRITING - BEST COLOUR PIECE
Aayush Puthran (India) - Cricbuzz
Abdul Hafiz Ahmad* (Malaysia) - Freelancer
Abdulrahman Abed (Saudi Arabia) - Arriyadiyah.com
Abhishek Paul (India) - Hindustan Times
Ahrar Jebreni (Palestine) - Khabar24
Akram Muthanna (Yemen) - Freelancer
Albert Akhmetov (Kazakhstan) - Zakon.kz
Ali Shadhan* (Iraq) - Dubai Media Corporation - Al Bayan Newspaper
Amit Kamath (India) - Firstpost
Asfand Panezai (Pakistan) - Freelancer
Ashjan Holiess (Yemen) - Sport Today Newspaper
Avineshwaran Taharumalengam (Malaysia) - The Star Media Group (Star Sports)
Basheer Senan* (Yemen) - Alriadi Net
Beatrice Lauren Go (Philippines) - Rappler
Behnaz Mirmotaharian (Iran) - Iran Varzeshi Newspaper
Bhavya Dore* (India) - Freelancer
Bin Su (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Christel Saneh (Lebanon) - Freelancer
Deepti Patwardhan* (India) - Freelancer
Francis Thimsel Ochoa (Philippines) - Philippine Daily Inquirer
Ghassan Shamma (Syria) - Almawkef-Alriadi
Hamid Reza (Rodney), Zirak Didar (Didar) (Iran) - Freelancer
Imran Khan* (Pakistan) - GTV News
Khaled Khatatbeh (Jordan) - Al-Ghad Newspaper
Leslie Xavier (India) – Newsclick.in
Mahdi Beshkani* (Iran) - Varzesh3.Com
Marzhan Kalymova* (Kazakhstan) - National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Massoud Hokmabadi* (Iran) - Freelancer
Masud Alam (Bangladesh) - The Daily Prothom Alo
Mhd. Hisham Laham (Syria) - Super 1 Magazine
Mohammad Ibrahim Momand* (Afghanistan) - Freelancer
Muhammad Asif Khan (Pakistan) - News One Tv/Dawn/Scoreline
Muhammad Ikhsan (Indonesia) - Kompas Newspaper
Mustafa Siam (Palestine) - Atlas Sport
Nasser Harbi (Qatar) - Freelancer
Nitin Sharma* (India) - The Indian Express
Pradeep Krishna Murugesan (India) - Ananda Vikatan
Pradip Saha (India) - The Morning Context (Slowform Pte Ltd)
Prashant Keni (India) - Loksatta
Rahenur Islam (Bangladesh) - Kaler Kantho
Rahmeh Hussein (Jordan) - Freelancer
Roy Tomizawa (Japan) - Freelancer
Saeedeh Fathabadi (Iran) - Shahraranews.Ir / Hamshahri Javan Magazine
Salim Kashoub* (Oman) - Sme.Gov.Om
Samer Alhalabi (Lebanon) - Ahwal
Sandip Sikdar (India) - Hindustan Times
Sanket Jain (India) - Freelancer
Shahid Judge* (India) - The Indian Express
Shail Desai (India) - Freelancer
Shantanu Srivastava (India) - Firstpost.Com
Shubham Pandey (India) - Firstpost
Sibi Arasu (India) - Freelancer
Soumitra Bose* (India) - Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt Ltd
Sruthi Ravindranath (India) - Espncricinfo
Subodh Mayure* (India) - Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd
Suvam Pal (India) - Freelancer
Tahir Ibn Manzoor (India) - Freelancer
Tito Sianipar (Indonesia) - Freelancer
Tushar Dutt (India) - The Times Of India
Vahid Jafari (Iran) - Freelancer
Vikneswaran Raman (Malaysia) - Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama)
Wadad Hachichou (Lebanon) - Freelancer
Wufei Yu (China) - Freelancer
Yacoob Al-Husani* (Jordan) – Winwin.com
Abdullah Al Ghazal* (Saudi Arabia) – Freelancer
WRITING - BEST COLUMN
Aainollah/Eynollah Lotfalezadeh (Iran) - Freelancer
Abhijit Ratnakar Deshmukh (India) - Freelancer
Abhishek Paul (India) - Hindustan Times
Afsoon Hazrati (Iran) - Freelancer
Albert Akhmetov (Kazakhstan) - Zakon.kz
Ali Abukbash (Palestine) - Radio And Tv
Amit Gupta* (India) - Times of India
Amit Kamath (India) - Firstpost
Anand Vasu* (India) - Freelancer
Annesha Ghosh (India) - ESPN Digital Media (India)
Arijit Das* (India) - Freelancer
Armin Zamani Ashouri Aval (Iran) - Tarafdari
Atena Khalili (Iran) - ISNA News Agency
Avineshwaran Taharumalengam (Malaysia) - The Star Media Group (Star Sports)
Baraah El Hasan (Lebanon) - Sport360 Arabiya - Intime
Basem Alharbi (Saudi Arabia) - Albilad Newspaper
Ebrahim Mousa* (Saudi Arabia) - Mubasher News Saudi
Fadi Hejazi (Palestine) - Al Resalah Media Corporation
Faizan Lakhani* (Pakistan) - Geo News
Fawaz Alshareef (Saudi Arabia) - Freelancer
Francis Thimsel (Philippines) - Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hamid Reza (Rodney), Zirak Didar (Didar) (Iran) - Freelancer
Haresh Deol* (Malaysia) - Twentytwo13
Janneth Tenorio (Philippines) - Red Ox Media Events
Khaled Khatatbeh (Jordan) - Al-Ghad Newspaper
Leslie Xavier (India) - Newsclick.in
Maryam Navaei* (Iran) - Iran Varzeshi
Masud Alam (Bangladesh) - The Daily Prothom Alo
Mehdi Rouzkhosh (Iran) - ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency)
Michael Teguh Adiputra Siahaan* (Indonesia) - Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional Antara
Mohamed Albahri (Yemen) - Ministry Of Youth And Sports
Muhammad Ikhsan Mahar (Indonesia) - Kompas Newspaper
Muhammad Suleman Khan (Pakistan) - Daily Kasoti
Nasser Harbi (Qatar) - Freelancer
Nessip Zhunusbayev* (Kazakhstan) - Zhetysu
Nishat Ahmed* (Bangladesh) - The Daily Prothom Alo
Prajwal Oli* (Nepal) - The Kathmandu Post
Prasun Sangroula (Nepal) - Nepal Live Today
Rahim Rahimzadeh Asl* (Iran) - Freelancer
Rajes Paul* (Malaysia) - The Star
Roy Tomizawa (Japan) - Freelancer
Saeed Ahmadian (Iran) - Javan Newspaper
Sajjad Gorbani Darechi* (Iran) – Tarheno Newspaper
Saleem Khaliq (Pakistan) - Express Media Group
Sandip Sikdar (India) - Hindustan Times
Sayed Mohammad Mousavi Kakavandi (Iran) - Jamevarzrsh News Agancy
Shantanu Srivastava (India) - Firstpost.Com
Shiva Norouzi* (Iran) - Javan Newspaper
Shubham Pandey (India) - Firstpost
Snehal Pradhan* (India) - Freelancer
Sudipta Ananda (Bangladesh) - Daily Desh Rupantor
Sujit Bhar* (India) - India Legal
Tangim Ahmed (Bangladesh) - Bangla Tribune
Umar Farooq* (Pakistan) - ESPNcricinfo
Vahid Parsaei* (Iran) - Rastinonlin Agency News
Vandna Vandna (India) - BBC India
Yujia Dou (China) - Track & Field Camp
Zahra (Aarezou) Ghanbari* (Iran) - Freelancer
Zaid Alsarbel (Kuwait) – Freelancer
Saqer Islam (Palestine) - Al-Aqsa TV Channel
Yehya Yacoubi* (Palestine) – Palestine Newspaper
Yousef Basonbel (Yemen) – Alriadi.com
Yanzheng Zhao (China) – Beijing Riyao Sports and Culture Co.ltd
YOUNG REPORTERS - BROADCASTING
Abid Rashid Baba (India) - Freelancer
Jeet Bahadur Saud (Nepal) - Galaxy 4K
Mengtong Niu (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Wan Muiz (Malaysia) - Astro Arena
YOUNG REPORTERS - PHOTOGRAPHY
Alireza Zeinali (Iran) - Young Journalists Club
Alsajjad Alsalam (Saudi Arabia) - Freelancer
Annice Lyn (Malaysia) - Freelancer
Ayman Alqadi (Yemen) - Facesport
Christel Saneh (Lebanon) - Freelancer
Mohammad Javad Abjoushak (Iran) - Freelancer
Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe (Myanmar) - Freelancer
Zhang Xiaoyu (China) - Xinhua News Agency
Zhenbin Zhong (China) - Imaginechina
YOUNG REPORTERS - WRITING
Aayush Puthran (India) - Cricbuzz
Akram Muthanna (Yemen) - Freelancer
Annesha Ghosh (India) - Espn Digital Media (India)
Bhargab Sarmah (India) - Ndtv Convergence
Nishat Ahmed (Bangladesh) - The Daily Prothom Alo
Pradeep Krishna Murugesan (India) - Ananda Vikatan
Prasun Sangroula (Nepal) - Nepal Live Today
Sanket Jain (India) - Freelancer
Soroush Fadaeitehrani (Iran) - Imna News Agency
Tahir Ibn Manzoor (India) - Freelancer
Wufei Yu (China) - Freelancer