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L-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports tifraħ lit-tnax-il parteċipant tal-AIPS Young Reporters Programme li ġie organizzat f’Malta waqt l-edizzjoni tal-UEFA Under-19 Championship. Matul dawn l-ġimgħatejn, dawn iż-żgħażagħ li qed jaspiraw li jaħdmu bħala ġurnalsiti sportivi, kellhom din l-opportunità unika li jsegwu mill-qrib l-organizazzjoni ta’ avveniment internazzjonali tal-futbol, filwaqt li jkabbru l-għarfien tagħhom dwar il-ġurnaliżmu sportiv b'rapportaġġ regolari tal-logħbiet ta' dan il-kampjonat. Qabel il-finali tal-Under-19 Championship bejn il-Portugallu l-Italja, li ntlagħbet fl-Istadium Nazzjonali Ta' Qali, ġew ippreżentati ċ-ċertifikati lill-parteċipanti. Iċ-ċertifikati ġew ippreżentati minn Gianni Merlo, President tal-AIPS, li hija l-assoċjazzjoni internazzjonali tal-ġurnalisti sportivi u mill-leġenda tal-futbol Zvonimir Boban, li huwa UEFA Technical Director u Chief of Football. Preżenti wkoll Bjorn Vassallo, President tal-Malta Football Association; Sandro Micallef u Lorraine Cunningham President u Segretarju Ġenerali tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports rispettivament flimkien mal-President tal-AIPS Europe Charles Camenzuli. Waqt iċ-ċermonja tal-għoti taċ-ċertifikati, Gianni Merlo rringrazzja lill-UEFA għall-kontribut tagħha sa’ mill-ewwel edizzjoni tal-AIPS Young Reporters Programme li kienet [...]

The Malta SJA congratulates all twelve participants of the AIPS Young Reporters Programme which was held in Malta during the UEFA Under-19 Championship. For two weeks, the twelve young journalists had the opportunity to get in touch with the organisation of such an international football event and gain a good grasp and knowledge about sports journalism. Before the Under-19 Championship final between Portugal and Italy the participants received official certificates upon their successful completion of this immersion programme The Certificates were presented by Gianni Merlo, President of AIPS along with former football legend Zvonimir Boban, UEFA Technical Director and Chief of Football. The presentation was also attended by Bjorn Vassallo, Malta Football Association President; Malta Sports Journalists Association President and General Secretary Sandro Micallef and Lorraine Cunningham respectively along with AIPS Europe President Charles Camenzuli. During this presentation ceremony, Gianni Merlo showed his gratitude to UEFA for their contribution [...]

L-atleta żagħżugħ ta’ 18-il sena Graham Pellegrini ingħata l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Ġunju. Din hija t-tmien darba li dan l-unur qed jingħata lill-atleta tat-Track and Field, b’Rachela Pace li kienet l-ewwel rebbieħa f’Jannar tal-2020. Pellegrini li ilu jitħarreġ fl-atletika għal dawn l-aħħar erba’ snin, rebaħ żewġ midalji tad-Deheb u oħra tal-Fidda waqt il-Logħob tal-Pajjiżi ż-Żgħar tal-Ewropa 2023 (GSSE 2023). Fil-fatt huwa rebaħ midalja tad-Deheb fil-Men’s 200m u fil-Men’s 4x100m Relay, filwaqt li rebaħ il-midalja tal-Fidda fil-Men’s 400m. Matul ix-xahar ta’ Ġunju, huwa ħa sehem ukoll fil-Kampjonati Ewropej tal-Atletika li saru f’Silesia, fil-Polonja, fejn daħal fir-raba’ post fil-Men’s 400m b’ħin ta’ 47.47 sekondi. Din it-tellieqa ntrebħet mill-Albaniż Franco Burraj b’ħin ta’ 46.30 sekondi. It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Ġunju 2023 flimkien mal-vawċer t’abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma' dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil Graham Pellegrini minn Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer ta’ Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien [...]

Graham Pellegrini, aged 18 years, has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for June. This is the eighth time that this award has gone to a Track and Field athlete, with Rachela Pace being the first Award winner way back in January 2020. Pellegrini, who has been practising athletics for the last four years, won two gold and one silver medal in the Games of the Small States of Europe 2023. He won gold in the Men’s 200m and in the Men’s 4x100m Relay. He also won a silver medal in the Men’s 400m. In June, he also participated in the European Championships in Silesia, Poland, where he placed fourth in the Men’s 400m with a time of 47.47s, while Albania's Franco Burraj won the race in 46.30s. The trophy for the June 2023 Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month together with the sports apparel [...]