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Maltese upcoming Gymnast Tara Vella Clark has been named the December 2020 winner of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the month award. This award was launched in January 2020 as a joint initiative between the Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance. Tara Vella Clark distinguished herself in the month of December after placing eighth in the Beam final at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Mersin, Turkey; an incredible feat for Maltese Gymnastics as she became the first Maltese athlete to ever manage to qualify to a final in a continental championship. During her qualifying routine, Vella Clark produced a sterling performance on the beam when she managed to secure an impressive score of 12.200 which placed her fourth in the provisional standings and secured for her a place in the final. Eventually, Vella Clark attained a score of 9.350 points that left her eighth in the final standings, [...]

Il-Ġinnasta promettenti Maltija Tara Vella Clark ġiet magħżula bħala r-rebbieħa tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Diċembru 2020. Dan l-unur tnieda f’Jannar tas-sena l-oħra b’inizjattiva konġunta bejn l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports u Atlas Insurance. Tara Vella Clark spikkat fix-xahar ta’ Diċembru wara li temmet fit-tmien post fil-fażi finali tal-beam waqt il-Kampjonat Ewropew tal-Ġinnastika Artistika li sar f’Mersin fit-Turkija. B’dan ir-riżultat hi saret l-ewwel atleta Maltija li rnexxielha tikkwalifika għall-fażi finali ta’ kompetizzjoni dinjija f'dan l-Isport. Waqt ir-rutina tagħha, Vella Clark ipproduċiet prestazzjoni mill-aqwa fuq il-beam. Hi kisbet riżultat impressjonanti ta’ 12.200 li wassalha sar-raba’ post fil-klassifika proviżorja u assiguraha minn post fil-finali. Eventwalment, Vella Clark kisbet skor ta’ 9.350 li ħallieha fit-tmien post tal-klassifika finali, riżultat li xorta jfisser l-aqwa wieħed li Malta qatt kisbet fil-Kampjonati Ewropej. Ir-Rumena Ana Barbosu rebħet il-midalja tad-deheb bi skor ta’ 13.100 qabel Greta Mayer tal-Ungerija u Andreea Preda tar-Rumanija wkoll. Dan ir-riżultat pożittiv isegwi dawk miksuba [...]

For the first time in his carreer , Bayern Munich leading figure for 2020, ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI - was chosen as the European Sportsman of the Year by journalists from 43 AIPS Europe national associations. IGA SWIATEK , the Polish tennis player winner of the 2020 French Open also for the first time in her carreer was chosen as the 2020 European Sportswoman of the Year. Robert Lewandowski was followed by F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and last years winner Rafael Nadal . Iga Swiatek was followed by Italian Alpine skier Federica Brignone and Arsenal WFC and Netherlands football player Vivianne Miedema. It was the 38 th. annual poll conducted by AIPS – EUROPE through the world wide poll held by AIPS. As the biggest continental section of AIPS and was established in 1977 at the AIPS Congress in Milano Marittima and since 2003, the annual poll was named the Frank Taylor [...]

Saret  il-preżentazzjoni tal-Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month lill-player internazzjonali tal-futbol Haley Bugeja. Il-plejer Maltija ta’ 16 –il sena  kienet rebet dan l-unur fix-xhar ta' Ottubru 2020 iżda minħabba l-impenji tagħha fl-Italja fis-Serie A Femminile ma kinitx f'Malta. Fil-jiem li għaddew hi kienet Malta għal btala qasira sabiex tara l-familja tagħha għall-Milied fejn saritilha l-preżentazzjoni tat-trofew u l-voucher ta' abbiljament sportiv marbut ma' dan l-unur. Il-Preżentazzjoni saret mill-President tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports Sandro Micallef fil-preżenza ta' Gianluca Lia uffiċjal tal-MFA responsabbli mill-Media tat-teams Nazzjonali tan-Nisa tal-futbol.  Preżentazzjoni lil Richard Schultheis Fl-aħħar jiem tas-sena 2020 saret ukoll il-preżentazzjoni tal-Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month lil baħħar żagħżugħ Richard Schultheis li jipprattika l-isport tal-Ibburdjar. Schultheis kien rebaħ l-unur b'inizjattiva konġunta bejn l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports u Atlas Insurance tax-xahar ta' Lulju 2020 iżda minħabba l-impenji tiegħu f'diversi Regattas madwar l-Ewropa l-iktar fil-Ġermanja, ma setax jirċievi fiżikament it-trofew. Il-Preżentazzjoni lil Richard Shulthies saret minn David [...]