Young Reporters Top 5 selection
LAUSANNE, April 2, 2026 - With around one week left until the 8th edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, AIPS is proud to announce the top five candidates in the Young Reporters categories: Broadcasting, Photography and Writing.
Find out more about the judging stages HERE.
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These are the five nominees in each Young Reporters category, for those born on or after January 1, 1997. There will be only one winner in each category.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Eric Wu (Australia), In Sync - World Athletics
Matteo Arnoul (Italy), Defeat - FISU
Nyerere Julius Joshua (Uganda), Locked In Battle,United in Strength - Rugby Agency
Anthony Hanc (United Kingdom), To Infinity and Beyond - Anthony Hanc
Will Palmer (United Kingdom), Ripped with Glory - Will Palmer Photography / www.will-palmer.co.uk
WRITING
Salma Niazi (Afghanistan), ‘You Will Not Grow Up in Silence’: A Former Athlete Mother’s Fight for Freedom - The Afghan Times
Sabina Aliyeva (Belarus), Die Zerrissenheit der Aryna Sabalenka/Tennis ace Aryna Sabalenka: Enormously powerful on the court, - Tribuna.com
Camila Alves (Brazil), "Nothing will be harder than prison": who is the refugee who left her country to win an Olympic medal - Globo
Louis Boulay (France), Loïs Boisson : The first day of the rest of her life - L'Equipe
Yaya Sow (Senegal), Mafia des faux agents : quand le rêve de jeunes footballeurs vire à l’escroquerie ! - Le Soleil
BROADCASTING (Audio/Video)
Megan Leybourne (Austria), 20 Years of Red Bull Racing – From a Party Team to a World Champion Team - ORF
Charlie Courrent (France), Alexandre Müller, la rage au ventre - L'Equipe
Raphael Späth (Germany), FIFA Opens Doors for Afghanistan’s Female Footballers in Exile - Deutschlandfunk
Andreu Rauet Munté (Spain), Laporta Gate - The Reus Case 2 - Tinkle Consultants
Cosmas Mulenga (Zambia), She fought with men. She fought the odds. And she won. - Diamond TV