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The Malta Sports Journalists Association joins the local sporting community in wishing a Happy Birthday to long standing sport journalist Mario Meli who celebrates his 80th birthday tomorrow. Mario Meli, an ex sports broadcaster with PBS and freelance sport journalist, is celebrating also in 2020, 60 years in his distinguished sport media career.  It was in February 1962 when he joined the then Rediffusion, now Public Broadcasting Services Malta. His sterling career saw him first assisting and then anchoring an array of Sports programmes on National TV. For several years he was the automatic choice for commentaries of the Malta International team matches for TVM. Two outstanding historical commentaries done by Meli were the two away matches against Estonia (0-1) and the (1-1) draw against Hungary in Budapest. During his journalistic career Mario Meli had the opportunity to  interview a vast number of international sport personalities such as Joe Havelange, [...]

L-Atleta żagħżugħ Jake Vella li għandu storja ta’ ispirazzjoni rebaħ l-unur tal-Atlas Żagħżugħ tax-xahar għal April 2020. Jake Vella f’dawn l-aħħar ġimgħat kien impenjat ferm bl-eżerċiżżju fiżiku ta’ kuljum taħt il-gwida tal-coaches tiegħu  Fabio Spiteri, Marthese Fava u Gail Rizzo. Minħabba l-fatt li Jake hu vulnerabbli, f’dan il-perjodu hu kellu jobdi l-pariri tal-Awtoritajiet tas-Saħħa u tat-tobba tiegħu u joqgħod id-dar kemm jista’ jkun u allura kellu jadatta ruħu għat-taħriġ minn ġewwa t-‘training room’ f’daru. Vella qed jesperjenza battalja kontra marda rari ferm u permezz tal-perseveranza tiegħu u b’taħriġ intensiv jinsab determinat li jilħaq it-tragwardi personali tiegħu. Jake għandu l-kundizzjoni tar-‘ROHHAD’ li hija kundizzjoni li tista’ tpoġġi ħajtu f’periklu għaliex taffettwa l-‘autonomic nervous system’ tal-ġisem. Matul l-aħħar xahar Jake kien ta’ ispirazzjoni għal diversi atleti żgħażagħ hekk kif ta’ kuljum kien qed jaqsam l-esperjenza ta’  taħriġ tiegħu bl-eżrċiżżju tal-indoor rowing u training fuq it-treadmill fuq il-paġna tiegħu ta’ facebook. Fil-jiem li [...]

Local inspiring young athlete Jake Vella has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month for April 2020. Jake Vella has been extremely busy with daily physical exercises in his residence under the supervision of his coaches Fabio Spiteri, Marthese Fava and Gail Rizzo. Due to his vulnerability, Vella was urged to follow the Health Authorities and his doctor’s recommendations to stay at home during this period in which he had to adapt to training from his makeshift 'training room'. Vella is experiencing an ongoing battle against a rare condition and with his perseverance and hard training he is committed to reach his goals. Vella has been diagnosed with the ‘ROHHAD condition’ which is a life-threatening syndrome that affects the autonomic nervous system. During the past month Jake was an inspiration to fellow youth athletes as he proudly shared his daily physical exercises on his treadmill and rowing machine on his Facebook page. In [...]

Il-Kumitat Eżekuttiv tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kellu l-ewwel laqgħa uffiċjali tiegħu mal-Kelliem tal-Oppożizzjoni għall-Isport is-Sur Robert Cutajar dan hekk kif għadu kif ġie maħtur. Fil-laqgħa li saret permezz ta’ vidjokonferenza, attendew il-membri kollha tal-Kumitat Eżekuttiv tal-GħĠS. Matul il-laqgħa s-Sur Cutajar ingħata ħarsa lejn ix-xogħol li għaddej u l-proġetti futuri li qed jiġu mwettqa mill-GħĠS. Matul l-intervent tiegħu Sandro Micallef il-President tal- GħĠS irrimarka l-fatt li l-Għaqda kienet kburija li għandha relazzjoni tajba ma dawk kollha midħla fl-Isport u l-midja lokali jiġifieri: Is-Segretarjat Parlamentari għall-Isport, SportMalta, il-Kumitat Olimpiku Malti, Assoċjazzjonijiet Sportivi, l-Istitut tal-Ġurnalisti Maltin, u il-midja lokali kollha kif ukoll mal-AIPS (l-Assoċazzjoni Internazzjonali tal-Ġurnalisti Sportivi). Is-Sur Micallef ħeġġeġ lill-Partit Nazzjonalista biex jappoġġja l-erba 'proposti ewlenin tal-Assoċjazzjoni biex b’hekk is-sitwazzjoni attwali tal-Isport f'Malta titjieb: L-impenn biex ikun hemm żieda drastika ta' kull sena fil-Baġit tal-Gvern lejn l-Isport b'distinzjoni ċara li għandha ssir bejn il-baġit għall-Proġetti Kapitali / spejjeż ta' manutenzjoni kontinwi u investiment [...]