Shortlist announcement for Best Colour Piece 2023
LAUSANNE, March 28, 2024 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Writing Best Colour Piece category.
The shortlist represents the second judging stage and is based on the preferences of the AIPS Executive Committee members.
Find out more about the judging stages here.
Disclaimer: All names and information have been published as we have received them, for any corrections please contact us at info@aipsawards.com.
Here are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:
WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
Andres Burgo (Argentina), The cup that Messi lifts in the most iconic photo of the Qatar World Cup is fake - El País
Sebastian Torok (Argentina), Yannick Noah. Acrobatic, artistic, charismatic and winner, the last French male champion of Roland Garros - Diario La Nacion de Argentina
Olaf Brockmann (Austria), The Transcontinental Coach: Juan Carlos Zabala and his forgotten Master - Journal of Olympic History
Devin Heroux (Canada), Marco Arop's Olympic dream takes shape in the heart of Dixie - CBC
Dustin Patar (Canada), Qimuksiq - Canadian Geographic
Olivier Bossard (France), On a retrouvé Jean-François Hernandez - France Football
Jean-Michel Brochen (France), Bobby Charlton, an immense reign - L'Equipe Le Magazine
Quentin Moynet (France), Les galériens du tennis / Welcome to the jungle - L'Equipe
Alban Traquet (France), A la recherche de Christian Atsu - L'Equipe
Matthias Fiedler (Germany), The survivors – Der Spiegel
Fiifi Anaman (Ghana), Your Legacy Lives On - Medium
Andrew Mcnicol (Hong Kong), This North Korean player stunned the soccer world – then disappeared - CNN
Attila Szalay (Hungary), Down here, football is not just a game, it can save lives - Magyar Nemzet
Sanket Jain (India), How climate change is ending the sporting dreams of India’s young - Telegraph
Manuja Veerappa (India), Stripped of her Asian Games medal and banned from competing, Santhi Soundarajan is now pushing ahead - The Times of India
Mark Gallagher (Ireland), Baby Steps - Irish Daily Mail/Irish Mail on Sunday
Alberto Dolfin (Italy), Ukraine and Russia, frost on the piste but confrontation without masks - Corriere dello Sport
Alessandro Poggi (Italy), Manuel Bortuzzo: Olympic hopeful on overcoming fateful shooting to continue chasing dream as a Para - Olympic Channel
Idris Shehu (Nigeria), Olusosun: Inside Lagos slum where Victor Osimhen was raised - Cable Newspaper
Anders Christiansen (Norway), The war over the Olympics - Verdens Gang
Jose Encarnacion (Puerto Rico), La otra recta final de los caballos en el Hipódromo Camarero - Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Pavel Lysenkov (Russia), "Dad, I see my dreams. And in them, there is ice, and I am playing hockey". This is how Rodion Amir lived and how he fought death - Match TV
Aissatou Diene (Senegal), Senegal: The mystical gangrenous practice of local football - Challengesports.info
Stefan Kosanović (Serbia), Sports psychologist Sasa Sredanovic falsely presents herself to the public - Seecheck
Manuel Calabuig Garcia (Spain), The race against ALS - Corredor
José Ignacio Pérez Hernández (Spain), The murderous 'sport' in Auschwitz: "It was the first step towards extermination" - Marca
Laurent Favre (Switzerland), We found Mark Kangogo, the doping winner of Sierre-Zinal - Le Temps
Christof Gertsch (Switzerland), The Merman - Das Magazin
Mohamed Rami Abdelmoula (Tunisia), In Tunisia: Power and the Public Contend over the Football Field - Assafir Al-Arabi
Natalie Berry (UK), Mountain man: the miraculous life of Reinhold Messner, the world’s most controversial climber - The Independent
Jason Burt (UK), Erling Haaland exclusive interview: It is more shocking to people when I do not score - The Telegraph
Alex Bysouth (UK), Naples: A city on the brink as Napoli close in on first title in 33 years - BBC Sport
Aimee Lewis (UK), Wrexham: An intoxicating tale of Hollywood glamor and sporting romance - CNN
James Montague (UK), A Spanish Team Endures on a Toehold in Africa - The New York Times
Kate Rowan (UK), First she was sectioned, then put in a coma, now Abi Burton is aiming for Paris Olympics - Telegraph Media Group
Jeremy Wilson (UK), The real Bobby and Jack Charlton - by their younger brother Tom - The Telegraph
Suzanne Wrack (UK), Holding gymnastics to account – why one alleged victim of sexual abuse is speaking out - The Guardian
David Gardner (USA), Gunshots shattered her hoop dreams. Now she wants them back. - Washington Post