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18 04, 2024

Gianluca Barbara wins the first IZIBET Elite Athlete Award for 2024

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National Lottery plc and the Malta Sports Journalists Association (MSJA) are pleased to announce that Gianluca Barbara won the first IZIBET Elite Athlete Award for 2024, covering the months of January and February. Gianluca Barbara, 34, forms part of the Maltese club Iron Taekwondo League who participated in the Open de Liege 2024 in Belgium, featuring 700 athletes. In the 80 kg Masters Category, he won the gold medal against Dutch Norman Hornberger and secured his second consecutive international gold medal. “It is a great pleasure for us to support athletes that are in search of excellence in their sport,” said Franco de Gabriele, Chief Commercial Officer of IZI Group. “The achievements of Gianluca in such a competitive discipline are just the tip of the iceberg. One would need to appreciate and support the arduous process that is involved in making sure that such achievements are attained. We [...]

18 04, 2024

Gianluca Barbara jirbaħ l-ewwel IZIBET Elite Athlete Award għas-sena 2024

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National Lottery plc u l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports, bi pjaċir iħabbru li Gianluca Barbara rebaħ l-ewwel unur tal-IZIBET Elite Athlete Award li jkopri x-xhur ta’ Jannar u Frar 2024. Gianluca Barabara li għandu 34 sena, jagħmel parti mit-tim lokali Iron Taekwondo League li ħa sehem fl-Open de Liege fi Frar li għadda. B’kollox ħadu sehem 700 atleta. Fil-kategorija tal-Masters tat-80 kg, Barbara rebaħ il-midalja tad-deheb kontra l-Olandiż Norman Hornberger u b’hekk kiseb it-tieni midalja tad-deheb internazzjonali konsekuttiva. “Huwa ta’ pjaċir kbir għalina li qed nappoġġaw l-atleti Maltin li qed ifittxu li jiksbu l-eċċelenza fid-dixxiplina rispettiva taggħhom,“ qal Franco de Gabriele, Chief Commercial Officer ta’ IZI Group. “Is-suċċess mkisub minn Gianluca Barbara f’din il-kompetizzjoni hija biss qatra f’oċean! Hemm bżonn li jiġu apprezzati u megħjuna l-isforzi kontinwi li jwasslu għar-riżultati miksuba. Nawguraw lil Gianluca Barbara aktar suċċess fil-futur u li jkompli jkun ta’ ispirazzjoni għall-atleti l-oħra.” Il-President tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sport [...]

9 04, 2024

AIPS Europe President meets Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament

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AIPS Europe President Charles Camenzuli had an official meeting with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament. During the meeting were discussed various matters, with Mr Camenzuli raising the issue related to the Petitions that AIPS Europe have filed over the past years with the European Parliament. The President of the European Parliament took note of the current situation certain media establishments are facing. This includes payments for transmission rights as well as instances during which payments have been requested for the issuing of accreditations. The President of AIPS Europe referred to the importance of having a European Commissioner for Sport. He also mentioned particular problems that are being faced in Europe by sport media while exercising their profession. Reference was made to Artificial Intelligence and how this is leading to redundancies within the sport media. President Metsola stated that the European Parliament has voted on the AI act, which [...]

26 03, 2024

Cherise Farrugia u Graham Pellegrini jirbħu l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ/a tax-Xahar għal Frar 2024

By |March 26th, 2024|0 Comments

Cherise Farrugia (Tiġrijiet taż-Żwiemel) u Graham Pellegrini (Atletika) huma r-rebbieħa għax-xahar ta’ Frar 2024 tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ/a tax-Xahar li min din is-sena qed ikollu żewġ rebbieħa kull xahar. Cherise Farrugia, li għandha 19-il sena, irreġistrat il-ħamsin rebħa fil-karriera tagħha, nhar it-Tnejn 26 ta’ Frar fuq id-debba Hanouchka. Cherise Farrugia bdiet dan l-isport ta’ età żgħira ħafna meta kienet tattendi  l-akkademja tat-tiġrijiet fil-korsa tal-Marsa. L-ewwel rebħa tagħha waslet fl-1 ta’ Novembru 2020 permezz ta’ Erromanga ftit xhur biss wara li ġiet liċenzjata uffiċjalment Graham Pellegrini li wkoll għandu 19-il sena, kiser ir-rekord nazzjonali fuq l-400m waqt li kien qed jirrappreżenta lil Malta fil-Kampjonati tal-Atletika Indoor tal-Balkani f’Istanbul, fejn ikklassifika quddiem atleti minn nazzjonijiet stabbiliti fl-atletika, fosthom il-Bulgarija, l-Ukrajna u l-Moldova. It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ/a tax-Xahar għal Frar 2024 flimkien mal-voucher t’abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma' dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil Cherise Farrugia u Graham Pellegrini minn Matthew von Brockdorff, Direttur [...]

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