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TVM Sport journalist Sandro Micallef was re-elected as President of the Malta Sports Journalists Association during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Tuesday evening. Micallef has occupied this role as President for the past four years, and there was no contest during the AGM as he was the all’s candidate again for this post. While thanking all members for their support, he stated that this will be his final term as president of the Malta Sports Journalists Association because he believes that after eight years at the helm it is in the best interests of the Malta Sports Journalists Association to have a new leadership to lead the organization. Lorraine Cunningham and Stephen Azzopardi were confirmed as General Secretary and Treasurer respectively, as there was no contest either for their positions. During the AGM, General Secretary Lorraine Cunningham presented the administrative report which was approved unanimously together with the [...]

It-tim nazzjonali tan-Nisa ta’ taħt is-17-il sena tal-Water Polo ingħata l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Awwissu. Bħal fil-każ tat-tim nazzjonali ta’ taħt il-15-il sena tal-Irġiel tal-Water Polo, f’Mejju li għadda, ġie magħżul tim minflok atleta individwali. It-tim rebaħ l-ewwel logħba storika tiegħu fil-kampjonati Ewropej tal-LEN ta’ din il-kategorija. 19-il pajjiż ħa sehem fil-LEN Women’s European U17 Water Polo Championships li saru f’Sibenik il-Kroazja. It-tim Malti fi Grupp Ċ kien mal-istess Kroazja, il-Ġermanja, ir-Rumanija u r-Russja. It-Tim Malti mmexxi mill-kowċ Anthony Farrugia, wara li tilef kontra l-Kroazja l-Ġermanja, rebaħ kontra r-Rumanija bl-iskor ta’ 11-8. B’din ir-rebħa, it-tim Malti kellu ċ-ċans li jilgħab l-aħħar logħbiet ta’ klassifikazzjoni ta’ bejn it-tlettax u s-sittax-il post. Meritatament il-Maltin għelbu lill-Bulgarija 10-9 u spiċċaw din il-kompetizzjoni fil-ħmistax-il post. It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Awwissu flimkien ma’ tifkira tal-okkażjoni ġew preżentati lill-plejers kollha tat-tim nazzjonali ta’ taħt is-17-il sena minn Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing [...]

The U17 Women Water Polo National Team have been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for August. Like the Malta U15 National Water Polo Team in May, this award was given to all team players instead to an individual athlete. The team, led by coach Anthony Farrugia, left a positive mark in the first international experience for a Maltese women’s water polo national team at a European Championship. 19 nations competed in the LEN Women’s European U17 Water Polo Championships in Sibenik, Croatia, with Malta drawn in Group C with Croatia, Germany, Romania and Russia. Despite losing the first two matches against Croatia and Germany, the team’s performance improved with every match proving that the girls could perform against Romania and indeed, they were not disappointed as they managed to obtain a merited positive result of 11 – 8. Following this result, the team had the possibility [...]