Top 20 - Writing and weblog
The first edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards received an
outstanding total of 1273 submissions from 119 nations around the globe. In
submitting their work for consideration for the eight categories of the AIPS
awards, colleagues from across the globe engaged in a dialogue of sporting
excellence. Such dialogue is crucial in highlighting the importance of sports
media and the need to invest in its culture and independence.
AIPS is honored to announce the TOP 20 submissions in the
following categories in alphabetical order:
WRITING BEST COLUMN
AKARSH SHARMA, Indian
football's age of deceit, Livemint (India)
BEHNAZ MIRMOTAHARIAN,
Women in "Azadi", Iran
Varzeshi (Iran)
DUMITRU GRAUR, Tears
of an old commentator, Sport in
Romania (Romania)
FRANCESCO CAREMANI,
C’è qualcosa che non va nel giornalismo sportivo (ma c’è futuro)
(There's something wrong with sport journalism, but there is hope), Il Foglio (web) (Italy)
GERGELY CSURKA, En
edes Katinkam (My sweet Katinka),
Nemzeti Sport (Switzerland)
HALVOR EKELAND, Where
did the football kids go?,
Aftenposten (Norway)
IGOR RABINER, The
Athletes or the Slaves? Rabiner Against of Boycotting Olympics, Sport-Express (Russia)
JEAN-MICHEL BROCHEN,
Ombre et lumiere (Shadow and light),
Le Magazine l'Equipe (France)
JOAQUÍN MAROTO, Las
escuchas secretas de la Guardia Civil (The secret recordings of the Guardia
Civil), AS (Spain)
JOHANNES NEDO, Der
den Ball frisst (Making the ball his own),
Tagesspiegel (Germany)
KOH JINHYOUN, 2018
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the spirit of Ekecheiria, The Daily Sports Seoul (Korea, Republic Of)
MALAK HASAN, Women’s
Sports: Major Challenges and Two Key Solutions, This Week in Palestine (Palestine)
MARELISE VAN DER MERWE,
The economy of sport - and 6 gender myths stunting growth, Fin24
(South Africa)
MICHAEL TEGUH ADIPUTRA SIAHAAN, Sepak bola meniti mimpi, berkacalah pada
Jerman (Football is dreaming, refer to Germany), Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional Antara (Indonesia)
MOHAMED FANGAR, يمة صلاح
= الصيد البحري.. الفوسفاط = حقوق نقل البروميير ليغ.. صناعة السيارات = عشرة لاعبين
(Salah’s Worth = Maritime Fishing Revenue),
Hesport.com (Morocco)
MOTEZ BISHARA, NFL
players learning how not to go broke -- with the help of MBAs, CNN
(United Kingdom)
OLIVER BROWN, Gymnast
Biles' abuse scandal is lesson unlearned,
The Daily Telegraph (United
Kingdom)
OWUSU ANSAH DOE, A
tale of Kwame Nkrumah, Ohene Djan and Real Republikans, AlfOwusu
(Ghana)
SERGIO HEREDIA,
Bumerán (Boomerang), La
Vanguardia (Spain)
VICENTE DATTOLI, Sem
legado (No legacy), Jornal de
Brasília (Brazil)
WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
ACHIM DREIS,
"Wir helfen ihnen, sie helfen uns" (“We help them and they
help us”), Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
(FAS) (Germany)
AIMEE LEWIS, How to
build a rugby player, CNN (United Kingdom)
ANDRES BURGO, The
sorcerer of Messi and the Argentine team to qualify for Russia, El País (America edition) (Argentina)
ANTJE WINDMANN, Der
Mensch im Trikot, DER SPIEGEL (Germany)
CHRISTOF GERTSCH,
9.79 / Der gefallene Star (The fallen star), Das Magazin/Tamedia (Switzerland)
DAVID RUIZ DE LA TORRE,
Las raíces italianas de Messi: En un pueblo italiano, al pie de las
montañas... (Messi's Italian roots: in an Italian village, at the foot of the
mountains), MARCA (Spain)
EVGENY SLYUSARENKO,
"Yeltsin drank a couple of glasses and promised: everyone will be
given cars and apartments",
"Чемпионат"/Championat
(Russia)
FIIFI ANAMAN, Grand
Ma Minka's boy: The story of Akwasi Frimpong,
Business Insider Africa (Ghana)
FILIPPO MARIA RICCI,
A trip to Liberia into the President's house, SportWeek/Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy)
FRITZ NEUMANN, Sexual
Abuse in Skiing: 'The Coaches Divided Up the 15- to- 20-Year-Old Girls'
("Sie haben sich die, Der
Standard (Austria)
JAMES MONTAGUE,
Leading Serbia at World Cup, Nemanja Matic Has One Foot Rooted at
Home, New York Times (Serbia)
JOSÉ IGNACIO PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZ, "Yo jugué al fútbol en Auschwitz"
("I played football in Auschwitz"),
MARCA (Spain)
MUFEED RIZVI, The
Gangster Who Ran The Distance,
Ahmedabad Mirror (India)
OLUWASHINA OKELEJI,
Victor Moses - the asylum-seeking orphan who conquered the Premier
League, BBC Sports - African
Football (Nigeria)
PAUL RADLEY, Special
report: the stars of street cricket,
The National (United Arab
Emirates)
SCOTT GLEESON,
Transgender Athletes Highlight Olympian Disagreement, USA TODAY
(United States of America)
SERGIO HEREDIA, ¿Qué
significa Messi? (What does Messi mean?),
La Vanguardia (Spain)
SUSAN NINAN, India's
rugby revolution, ESPN (India)
YIWEI WANG, “叛国”斗士赢回尊重多难？ 安贤洙无法掌控的命运 (Exclusive: How Viktor Ahn
missed out on his chance for redemption in PyeongChang) , Tencent
(China)
ZSUZSA DR. CSISZTU,
Egy erős nő - A Strong Woman - portrait about Kati Szabó, former Four
Time Gymnastic Olympic Champio,
Presztizs Sport Magazin (Hungary)
WEBLOG
AKINBODE OGUNTUYI,
Sad Ikeme News and the Hidden Consequences for Nigeria, Booday10.com
(Nigeria)
ANASTASIA SOLOVYEVA,
Золото севера. Обзор полётного чемпионата мира в Оберстдорфе (The Gold of the North. Overview of the FIS
Ski FlightWorld Championships in Oberstdorf),
Sportsru (Russia)
CARLOS HERNÁNDEZ,
Argentina Taekwondo Open 2018 causó impacto en su 5 ta edición
(Argentina Taekwondo Open 2018 made an impact in its fifth edition), www.mundotaekwondo.com (Venezuela)
GIDEON KOFI NYAMEKYE,
Stephen Appiah: The Meteoric Rise of an Urchin to a Soccer Churchill
, Kickgh.com (Ghana)
JAMES M DORSEY,
Parallels between Turkish soccer and general elections could prove
uncanny, Middeast Soccer (Singapore)
JHON OSORIO, Tour
2018 – Día 12: El día que Egan se graduó (Tour 2018 - Day 12: The day in which
Egan graduated) , El rincón de JJ/Blogs
El Espectador (Colombia)
JOSE RODRIGUEZ, Vida
en medio de muerte subita (Life in the midst of sudden death), Capitanes de Arecibo BSN (Puerto Rico)
JUAN CARLOS ROSALES MIELES,
Pierre de Haiti a Francia y al mundo (Pierre of Haiti aims from France
and the world) ,
Gimnasialatina.com (Argentina)
KAZUYUKI YAMAGUCHI,
Le Journal Sportive,
pressports.com (Japan)
LUCIAN OPREA, Tenis
total: SIMONA HALEP, CAMPIOANA LA ROLAND GARROS (Total Tennis: SIMONA HALEP,
ROLAND GARROS CHAMPION),
Lucianopreasport (Romania)
MA DEXING, 我所亲历的这些年精英青少年足球》系列报道 (The Years of Elite Youth Football I
Have Experienced"),
Dexingshe-official (China)
MARCOS PAULO SOUZA LIMA,
Blog Drible de Corpo (Body Dribble),
Correio Braziliense (Brazil)
MICAELA PISERCHIA, El
patín no es cuestión de nenas (Figure skating is not a matter for girls), Argentina Amateur Deporte (Argentina)
MIRIAM TERRUZZI,
Spirito del Lupo (Spirit of the Wolf),
E mi alzo sui pedali (Italy)
NICK BUTLER, Nick
Butler: There is a gap between the values sport has, wants to have and should
have, insidethegames.biz (United Kingdom)
ROBERT LIVINGSTONE,
BidWeek: As 2026 Olympic Bid Race Begins To Collapse, IOC Must Stop
Talking And Do Something,
GamesBids.com (Canada)
STEFAN NESTLER,
Everest-Ski-Permit – eine Farce! (Everest Ski Permit - a farce!), Abenteuer Sport - Blog der Deutschen Welle
(DW) (Germany)
UBALDO SCANAGATTA,
Serena…Ramos aveva ragione! Osaka, che campionessa! (Ramos was right in
Serena’s controversy! Osaka, what a champion!) , Ubitennis.com (Italy)
YIN MA, Exclusive! A
Wechat log between two legendary women, Lang Ping and Li Yan, highlighting
their resiliance, We Love Volley (China)
YIN MA, Exclusive
Interview! The More Splendid, the More Silent. Zhu Ting: With Such Fames, Keep
it Better i, We Love Volley (China)