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Charles Camenzuli reġa’ ġie kkonfermat fil-kariga ta’ President tal-AIPS Europe, l-fergħa Ewropeja tal-AIPS li hija l-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tal-Midja Sportiva. Camenzuli ġie konfermat fil-kariga wara elezzjoni li huwa rebaħ b’26 vot għal 13 mill-kontestant Franċiż Marc Ventouillac tal-ġurnal l’Equipe. L-elezzjoni saret it-Tlieta filgħodu waqt l-Assemblea Ġenerali tal-AIPS Europe fl-istess ġurnata li fetaħ l-84 Kungress tal-AIPS li qed isir f’Ruma l-Italja. B’kollox kienu 39 pajjiż Ewropew eliġibbli li jivvutaw u bħala osservaturi kien hemm diversi pajjiżi oħra li wkoll qed jattendu dan il-Kungress. Fl-ewwel kummenti tiegħu lil dawk preżenti Charles Camenzuli rringrazzja lill-pajjiżi kollha li tawh il-fiduċja biex ikompli jmexxi u emfasizza li hu se jkun jerġa l-President tal-pajjiżi Ewropej kollha nkluż dawk li appoġjaw il-kandidatura ta’ Ventouillac. Il-Kumitat Eżekuttiv tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports esprima s-sodisfazzjon għal dan ir-riżultat li jitfa’ responsabbilità mhux biss fuq il-President Onorarju Charles Camenzuli iżda fuq l-Assoċjazzjoni Maltija. Fil-Kungress Malta hija rrapreżentata mill-President Sandro Micallef, is-Segretarju Ġenerali [...]

Malta Men’s U16 Water Polo Team has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of August 2022. This is the third time that the award has been given to a team instead of an individual athlete. The Maltese youngsters made history with their first participation in the World Championships in Volos, Greece. They stunned the more-quoted United States side 10-7 in the opener and sealed top spot in the group with a 13-3 hammering of Kazakhstan. They bounced back from their 13-8 defeat to Turkey with an 8-6 win against the Egyptians and moved into the semi-finals of the Gold Group, where they re-matched against the United States. Even though they lost 10-7 against the United States, they settled for fourth place in the Gold Group after losing 9-7 to Brazil. Still, it’s a remarkable result for them as they ended their commitments [...]

L-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Awwissu mar għand it-tim nazzjonali ta’ taħt is-16-il sena tal-Water Polo. Din hija t-tielet darba li dan il-premju qed jingħata lil tim minflok atleta individwali. Iż-żgħażagħ Maltin naqqxu isimhom fl-Istorja bl-ewwel parteċipazzjoni tagħhom fil-Kampjonat Dinji li sar f’Volos fil-Greċja. Huma impressjonaw mhux ftit, meta għelbu lit-tim aktar kwotat tal-Istati Uniti fil-logħba inawgurali bl-iskor ta’ 10-7 u rebħu l-grupp wara li ġabu fix-xejn lill-Każakistan 13-3. Huma ġew minn telfa ta’ 13-8 kontra t-Turkija, meta għelbu lill-Eġittu 8-6 u għaddew għas-semifinali tal-Gold Group, fejn kellhom jerġgħu jaffrontaw lill-Istati Uniti. Minkejja li din id-darba l-Maltin tilfu 10-7, assiguraw ir-raba’ post fil-Gold Group wara li tilfu 9-7 kontra l-Brażil. Xorta waħda dawn ir-riżultati miksuba huma ferm pożittivi u b’hekk il-Maltin temmew dawn l-impenji fit-12-il post fost il-25 pajjiż li ħa sehem minn madwar id-dinja. It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Awwissu flimkien ma’ tifkira tal-okkażjoni ġew preżentati lill-plejers [...]

The Malta Sports Journalists Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was recently held at one of the esteemed hotels in St. Julian’s. General Secretary Lorraine Cunningham presented the administrative report which was approved unanimously together with the financial report presented by Stephen Azzopardi. During this AGM those present were briefed about the various duties and activities organised by the Malta Sports Journalists Association since last year’s AGM. This year was another struggling one due to the pandemic situation but eventually we returned to normality, once again reporting live sports events. During this year Malta was honoured to host the Special Olympics Invitational Games, FIBA Championship for Small European States and other preparatory events ahead of GSSE Malta 2023. The MSJA’s Executive Commitee met 6 times with the first three meetings which were on a virtual platform and the last three were hybrid as not all the members were able to attend [...]