Road to Rabat! Podium nominees unveiled for the senior categories
LAUSANNE, May 4, 2025 – AIPS is honoured to announce the podium nominees in the eight senior categories of the AIPS Sport Media Awards 2024. Winners of the 7th edition will be crowned at the elegant Palais Jawhara in Rabat, Morocco, the first time the ceremony will be held in Africa.
After the submission window closed in November 2024, 2065 submissions received from 136 different countries began the intense race for a place in the final and were thoroughly screened across different judging stages: 664 made the longlist, 305 made the shortlist, 95 reached the Top 10 nominees (including the 15 best Young Reporters) and 24 are now officially podium nominees.
The members of the Jury will meet the day before the ceremony to determine the final positions of these nominees. Winners of each senior category will receive US$ 8,000 (1st prize), US$ 3,000 (2nd prize) and US$ 2,000 (3rd prize).
Unlike the senior categories, there is no podium in the Young Reporters categories, that guarantee a scholarship during a top international event. The three remaining candidates on each of the Young Reporters categories will be announced tomorrow and winners will be unveiled during the ceremony.
Also, special Awards, including A Life in Sports and Investigative Reporting, will be part of the celebration in Rabat. The gala will also unveil the Special Commendations for some of the highlighted works, regardless of their final position.
Based on voting from the 12-member AIPS Sport Media Awards Jury, here are the top 3 in each senior category, listed in alphabetical order of country:
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AUDIO
Jens Peter Gideon (Germany), Schumacher. The story of an icon - 5-part podcast series - Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
Ashish Sharma (UK), Football’s Financial Fairplay - BBC
Andrew Todos (UK), Play On! How football returned to war-torn Ukraine! - TalkSPORT
PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
Dario Belingheri (Italy), Cycling Moments - Getty Images
Edward Whitaker (UK), Global Horse Racing - Racing Post
Esam Al-kmali (Yemen), Football is a gateway to peace - Esam Al-kmali
PHOTOGRAPHY SPORT ACTION
Jerome Brouillet (France), The Golden Moment - AFP
Borut Zivulovic (Slovenia), Above the mist and trees - Thomson Reuters
Mike Egerton (UK), Simone Biles - PA Media
VIDEO ATHLETE PROFILE
Marc Sauvourel (France), Marie-Jo - Canal Plus
Christoph Nahr, Philipp Grüll (Germany), Beckenbauer - ARD (German Television)
Andreas Troll (Germany), Being Michael Schumacher - ARD/DasErste
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
Nan Shen (China), Aim High - Xinhua News Agency
Alexandra Guiral, Louis Villers (France), The Sirens Of Ukraine - Canal+
Robert Schöffel (Germany), Attack on amateur football · The greed of the betting industry - Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARD
VIDEO SHORT FEATURE
Henrique Arcoverde (Brazil), "Home Turf" - Grupo Globo
Jieni Cheng (China), Surface - China Media Group
Armando Oquendo (Spain), First try - A flight through Montserrat - as.com
WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
Itay Goder (Israel), "I give you my word: nothing will happen to you here" - Der Spiegel
Adam Leventhal (UK), Christian Atsu - one year on from the search to find him. Through the eyes of those closest to him. - The Athletic
Steve Menary (UK), Greek Tragedy - Josimar
WRITING BEST COLUMN
Shireen Ahmed (Canada) French hijab ban in sports called a 'shameful moment' as it prepares to host Olympics - CBC Sports
Robert Livingstone (Canada), Moving Olympic cricket from Los Angeles to New York gives us rare window into what’s really going on - GamesBids.com
Tianhao Shen (China), A United Euro 2024, an Ununited Europe - Titan Sports