Continental rankings unveiled: Meet the best performers in Asia

LAUSANNE, June 21, 2022 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are proud to announce the continental rankings for Asia. To know more about the continental rankings, click here.

AUDIO

1. Muhammad Rosli (Malaysia), Chua Boon Huat: 'I See You Later' - Astro Arena
2. Beatrice Lauren Go (Philippines), Episode 4: 4th straight Olympics for Philippine weightlifting queen Hidilyn Diaz - Rappler
3. Abid Rashid Baba (India), IPL amid Pandemic: Inappropriate and Insensitive! - YouTube Abid Baba
4. Shahram Zeinolabedini (Iran), Exercise and depression - irib.ir

PHOTOGRAPHY SPORT ACTION

1. Li Yibo (China), Flying Duplantis - Xinhua News Agency
2. Ming Li (China), ‘Medusa’ in pit - Xinhua News Agency
3. Alihayder Ujam (Irak), Boxing - Epa
4. Farshad Abbasi (Iran), Freestyle wrestling competitions - Tokyo 2020 Olympics hamshahriphoto.ir
5. Luqmanul Arif Bin Abdul Karim (Malaysia), 100m Heartbreak - Shutterstock.com
6. Maryam Majd (Iran), The dreams come true - Inn.ir
7. Ganbat Chuluunbaatar (Mongolia), Look to your dreams - Mongolian Sports Press Union
7. Mohd Rasfan Mohd Nor (Malaysia), Fighting for points - Agence France-Presse
9. Cheng Zhang (China), Squat at Medal Ceremony - Getty Images
10. Hussein Faleh (Irak), Escape from the sun - The Guardian
10. Mohamed Alselwi (Yemen) - The love of football despite the war - Shoot

PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO

1. Cheng Zhang (China), Armless table tennis player wows Tokyo Paralympics - Xinhua News Agency
2. Lili Wang (China), Tokyo Action - Xinhua News Agency
3. Ali Haj Suleiman (Syria), Syria: The Tent Olympics - Instagram
4. Mohammad Babaei (Iran), Iranian women's hockey team - IRNA
5. Amirreza Ostovari (Iran), Love and good feeling and athletic - Farsnews Agency / Khabarvazeshi Newspaper
6. Can Cao (China), Lonely Olympic - Xinhua news agency
7. Maryam Majd (Iran), Sport with taste of suicide and horror with Afghan women's sports - Iran Varzeshi Newspaper
8. Fazry Ismail (Malaysia), Olympic Games 2020 cycling BMX racing - European Pressphoto Agency
9. Javid Nikpour (Iran), The last effort! - Mosawar.ir
10. Amin Mohammad Jamali (Iran), Olympic in other planet - Getty Images

VIDEO ATHLETE PROFILE

1. Mengtong Niu (China), Marbury: A Beijing boy - Xinhua News Agency
2. Jieni Cheng (China), The lonesome swimmer - China Media Group
3. Jeet Bahadur Saud (Nepal), The new identity - Galaxy 4K
4. Lyad Nasser (Syria), Athlete profile: Syrian international runner Imad Barakat - Syria Channel
5. Prarthana Hazarika (India), Story on Lovlina Borgohain, Olympic medalist - Doordarshan

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY

1. Nan Shen (China), 2020+1: Through pandemic to Olympics - Xinhua News Agency
2. Samat Jumakadyr (Kyrgyzstan), Kokboru players - Samat Jumakadyr
3. Mohammad Ali (Jordan), ChexTadium: The lazy magician and Maradona's successor, Juan Riquelme - Aljazeera O2
4. Imad Al-rikabi (Irak), Baghdad - Tokyo - YouTube
5. Mohamed Walied (Irak), Steps of success - YouTube
6. Zaher Noori (Afghanistan), Yosof Jahanger documentary - Zaher Noori
6. Sidharth Gulati (India), Rise of women’s cricket in Brazil: The story so far from head coach Liam Cook - Cricket Spectacle
6. Umar Hammad Abukibash (Palestine), In half - YouTube
9. Sidharth Gulati (India), A new innings, rise of cricket in Switzerland - Cricket Spectacle
10. Vahid Jafari (Iran), Hasan Yazdani's training - Vahid jafari

VIDEO SHORT FEATURE

1. Maziyar Koupidar (Iran), Lost dreams: Story of four Afghan sisters - YouTube
2. Ranran Yue (China), When the odds are stacked against you - Xinhua News Agency
3. Wen Shu (China), Wudang kids - Xinhua News Agency
4. Zulhelmi Zainal Azam (Malaysia), Why me? - Astro Arena
5. Vandna Vandna (India), The roller skating star who beat intellectual disability to be a world champion - BBC News
6. Rabee Adwan (Jordan), Omar Qaradah jumps to the top without legs - YouTube
6. Badih Chayban (Lebanon), Ishita Malaviya: India's first woman surfer - Olympic Channel
8. Yang Liu (China), Never yield to fate - Xinhua News Agency social media
9. Nadeem Khan (Pakistan), A Girl disguised as a Boy to live her dream - Daily Aljazeera Quetta
10. Xiaozhou Sun (China), Olympic unites the world, inspires all - China Media Group

WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE*

1. Wufei Yu (China), Will Ford (USA) - 172 runners started this ultramarathon - 21 of them never came back - Runner’s World
2. Christel Saneh (Lebanon), Cathy Freeman: Running for her people - World Athletics
3. Pradip Saha (India), The fall of Sushil Kumar and Indian wrestling - The Morning Context
4. Roy Tomizawa (Japan), The challenge and significance of Tokyo2020 - Tokyo Updates
5. Saeedeh Fathabadi (Iran), From Kabul to Melbourne - Hamshahri Javan Magazine
6. Sanket Jain (India), In Kolhapur: wrestlers’ diets, weighty problems - People’s Archive of Rural India
7. Bhavya Dore (India), Champions - The Juggernaut
8. Amit Kamath (India), The many duels of Bhavani Devi - Firstpost
9. Deepti Patwardhan (India), Walkover: The story of India's Davis Cup default v South Africa - fiftytwo.in
10. Behnaz Mirmotaharian (Iran), Report of death of dream - Iran Varzeshi newspaper

*The first-placed story was co-written by Will Ford (USA) and is only shown in this ranking.

WRITING BEST COLUMN

1. Anand Vasu (India), Yes, English football fans were a disgrace. But passion’s darker shades aren’t limited to either England or football - The Times of India
2. Haresh Deol (Malaysia), What’s the difference between Hein Htet Aung’s three-finger salute and Malaysia banning Israel from competing in kuching? - Twentytwo13.my
3. Vandana Vijay (India), Women’s sport in India: An emboldened new generation breaking through barriers - BBC Sport
4. Maryam Navaei (Iran), A chance is lost - Hekayatgilan.ir
5. Fadi Hejazi (Palestine), For how long will players in Gaza remain 'just a commodity'? - Alrelasah.ps
6. Francis Thimsel Ochoa (Philippines), A capacity for greatness - Inquirer.net
7. Ebrahim Mousa (Saudi Arabia), Athletes life in danger part 2/2 - Mubasher.news
8. 'Yahya' Al-Yaqoubi (Palestine), Nidal Al-Da'our: Breaking the laws of bodybuilding with one hand - Felesteen.news
8. Soumitra Bose (India), Duds, suds and missed marks - Outlook
8. Yahya Al-Yaqoubi (Palestine), With the crutches of hope the amputee children kick painful memories - Felesteen.news
8. Prasun Sangroula (Nepal), Nepal’s A-list basketball players dribble troubles galore, on and off the court - Nepallivetoday.com

YOUNG REPORTERS BROADCASTING

1. Mengtong Niu (China), What a fun! An Olympic ski weekend - Xinhua News Agency
2. Jeet Bahadur Saud (Nepal), The new identity - Galaxy 4K
3. Abid Rashid Baba (India), Adieu: The flying Sikh - YouTube - Abid Rashid Baba
4. Wan Muiz (Malaysia), lompat kosong - Astro arena

YOUNG REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Alireza Zeinali (Iran), Human catapult - Footballi.net
2. Zhenbin Zhong (China), Dangerous action - Instagram - Zhong Zhenbin
3. Christel Saneh (Lebanon), Yulimar Rojas, World Record Jump in Tokyo 2020 - Instagram
4. Mohammad Javad Abjoushak (Iran), Flight - Mizan.news
5. Zhang Xiaoyu (China), Finally it starts - Xinhua News Agency
6. Ayman Alqadi (Yemen), Breakthrough - Instagram
7. Alsajjad Alsalam (Saudi Arabia), Love and loyalty - Mudhar Media Center
7. Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe (Myanmar), BMX Day - frontiermyanmar.net
9. Annice Lyn (Malaysia), Malaysia Contingents - Prestige Malaysia

YOUNG REPORTERS WRITING

1. Sanket Jain (India), In Kolhapur: Wrestlers’ diets, weighty problems - Ruralindiaonline.org
2. Wufei Yu (China), From subculture to mainstream: Rock climbing’s rise in China - Supchina.com
3. Soroush Fadaeitehrani (Iran), We just want to live! - Imna.ir
4. Annesha Ghosh (India), Breaking good: How the latest Olympic sport is inspiring Indian youth - Espn.com
5. Tahir Ibn Manzoor (India), How a Cristiano Ronaldo fan in Kashmir became a coach and pioneer of women's football - The National
6. Prasun Sangroula (Nepal), How this Bajura-based club is aiming to change the district’s identity through football - Nepal Live Today
7. Nishat Ahmed (Bangladesh), The last dance of Chuni Goswami in Bangladesh's Legend - The Daily Prothom Alo
7. Akram Muthanna (Yemen), Yemen’s international swimmer Mukhtar Al-Yamani as national representative at Tokyo 2020 - realyemen.net
9. Bhargab Sarmah (India), U-17 World Cup dream dashed, India players focus on finding jobs - Hindustan Times
9. Aayush Puthran (India), Nain Abidi returns to cricket, with a toddler in tow - Cricbuzz
10. Pradeep Krishna Murugesan (India), Ravichandran Ashwin: The lone wolf among the gentlemen of Indian cricket - Ananda Vikatan