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L-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports tingħaqad mal-komunità sportiva lokali biex tawgura lil Mario Meli, ġurnalist tal-isport li qiegħed jiċċelebra 80 sena. Mario Meli, eks xandar tal-isport mal-PBS u ġurnalist freelance tal-isport, qed jiċċelebra wkoll fis-sena 2020, is-60 sena ta’ karriera distinta fi ħdan il-midja sportiva. Kien fi Frar tal-1962 meta huwa ngħaqad mar-Rediffusion, issa Public Public Broadcasting Services Malta. Fil-karriera brillanti tiegħu huwa l-ewwel beda jassisti u mbagħad beda jmexxi firxa ta' programmi Sportivi fuq it-TV Nazzjonali. Għal diversi snin huwa kien l-għażla awtomatika għall-kummentarji tal-partiti tat-tim nazzjonali ta’ Malta għal TVM. Żewġ kummentarji storiċi li għamel Meli kienu ż-żewġ logħbiet barra minn darna, ir-rebħa kontra l-Estonja (0-1) u d-draw (1-1) kontra l-Ungerija f'Budapest. Matul il-karriera ġurnalistika tiegħu Mario Meli kellu l-opportunita' jintervista numru kbir ta' personalitajiet sportivi internazzjonali bħal Joe Havelange, l-eks President tal-FIFA, Antonio Samaranch, l-eks President tal-Kumitat Olimpiku Internazzjonali, Joseph Blatter l-eks Segretarju tal-FIFA, Lennart Johansson eks President tal-UEFA [...]

The Malta Sports Journalists Association joins the local sporting community in wishing a Happy Birthday to long standing sport journalist Mario Meli who celebrates his 80th birthday tomorrow. Mario Meli, an ex sports broadcaster with PBS and freelance sport journalist, is celebrating also in 2020, 60 years in his distinguished sport media career.  It was in February 1962 when he joined the then Rediffusion, now Public Broadcasting Services Malta. His sterling career saw him first assisting and then anchoring an array of Sports programmes on National TV. For several years he was the automatic choice for commentaries of the Malta International team matches for TVM. Two outstanding historical commentaries done by Meli were the two away matches against Estonia (0-1) and the (1-1) draw against Hungary in Budapest. During his journalistic career Mario Meli had the opportunity to  interview a vast number of international sport personalities such as Joe Havelange, [...]

L-Atleta żagħżugħ Jake Vella li għandu storja ta’ ispirazzjoni rebaħ l-unur tal-Atlas Żagħżugħ tax-xahar għal April 2020. Jake Vella f’dawn l-aħħar ġimgħat kien impenjat ferm bl-eżerċiżżju fiżiku ta’ kuljum taħt il-gwida tal-coaches tiegħu  Fabio Spiteri, Marthese Fava u Gail Rizzo. Minħabba l-fatt li Jake hu vulnerabbli, f’dan il-perjodu hu kellu jobdi l-pariri tal-Awtoritajiet tas-Saħħa u tat-tobba tiegħu u joqgħod id-dar kemm jista’ jkun u allura kellu jadatta ruħu għat-taħriġ minn ġewwa t-‘training room’ f’daru. Vella qed jesperjenza battalja kontra marda rari ferm u permezz tal-perseveranza tiegħu u b’taħriġ intensiv jinsab determinat li jilħaq it-tragwardi personali tiegħu. Jake għandu l-kundizzjoni tar-‘ROHHAD’ li hija kundizzjoni li tista’ tpoġġi ħajtu f’periklu għaliex taffettwa l-‘autonomic nervous system’ tal-ġisem. Matul l-aħħar xahar Jake kien ta’ ispirazzjoni għal diversi atleti żgħażagħ hekk kif ta’ kuljum kien qed jaqsam l-esperjenza ta’  taħriġ tiegħu bl-eżrċiżżju tal-indoor rowing u training fuq it-treadmill fuq il-paġna tiegħu ta’ facebook. Fil-jiem li [...]

Local inspiring young athlete Jake Vella has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month for April 2020. Jake Vella has been extremely busy with daily physical exercises in his residence under the supervision of his coaches Fabio Spiteri, Marthese Fava and Gail Rizzo. Due to his vulnerability, Vella was urged to follow the Health Authorities and his doctor’s recommendations to stay at home during this period in which he had to adapt to training from his makeshift 'training room'. Vella is experiencing an ongoing battle against a rare condition and with his perseverance and hard training he is committed to reach his goals. Vella has been diagnosed with the ‘ROHHAD condition’ which is a life-threatening syndrome that affects the autonomic nervous system. During the past month Jake was an inspiration to fellow youth athletes as he proudly shared his daily physical exercises on his treadmill and rowing machine on his Facebook page. In [...]