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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 [...]

The Hockey Association Malta’s first competition came to an end on Sunday with an exhilarating final between GREE Sliema Hs and Qormi DAIKIN. GREE Sliema finally emerged winners in a game decided by a penalty shoot-out. The game, tough but sportingly played, was a testament to the validity of both sides and brought the curtain down on a remarkable run of ten consecutive competitions won by Qormi Daikin. The last time they did not win a competition dates back to the Super Cup Season 2017/2018. Truly an amazing feat. On Sunday GREE Sliema started on the front foot but it was Qormi Daikin who drew first blood from their first short corner as Steve Portelli fired in an unstoppable flick. The teams were back level in the second quarter with Christ Agius this time on target again from a short corner move. Half time found the teams at 1-1. GREE [...]

Young Weightlifter Tenishia Thornton has been awarded with the Atlas Youth Athlete of the month Award for November 2020. This was the second time that the 15 year old athlete managed to win this award after she had claimed the March 2020 accolade. Thornton in November added a piece of history for Maltese Weightlifting as she became the first Maltese Athlete to win world medals in an IWF event. The Maltese weightlifter competed in the 49kg category where she finished with claiming a silver medal in the snatch category with a lift of 71kg and an overall bronze medal in the final classification after she had lifted an 84kg lift in the clean and jerk. Due to the Covid-19 situation the Youth World Cup of Weightlifting was held online with the participation of 17 athletes. In the competition Thornton successfully lifted all her snatches attempts at 68kg, 70kg and 71kg [...]

Il-Weightlifter ta' 15 -il sena Tenishia Thornton ġiet dikjarata rebbieħa tal-11 -il unur tas-sena tal-Atlas Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Novembru 2020. Dan kien it-tieni unur simili li rebħet din l-atleta hekk kif kienet rebħet ukoll l-unur tax-xahar ta' Marzu. Thornton kellha dak li jista' jitqies bħala l-iktar riżultat prestiġjuż sa issa fil-karriera tagħha hekk kif ikklassifikat fit-tielet post fit-Tazza tad-Dinja ta’ taħt is-17-il sena tal-IWF. Minħabba l-pandemija tal-Covid-19, din il-kompetizzjoni ġiet organizzata b’mod virtwali, b’Thornton tikseb l-ewwel midalja għal Malta f’dan il-livell f’dan l-isport. Thornton taħt il-gwida tal-kowċ tagħha Jesmond Caruana, kienet it-tieni l-iżgħar kompetitriċi minn total ta’ 17-il weightlifter li kkompetew f'dan il-kampjonat. Hi refgħet total ta’ 71 kilo fis-snatch wara li għamlet b’suċċess it-tliet tentattivi tagħha. Fil-clean and jerk, Thornton refgħat 80 kilo fl-ewwel tentattiv, falliet it-tieni tentattiv ta’ 84 kilo iżda għalqet bl-aħjar mod hekk kif refgħat il-piż li falliet ftit minuti qabel. B’hekk iż-żagħżugħa Maltija spiċċat fit-tieni [...]