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The Malta Sports Journalists Association has the pleasure of having intern Emilia Beutel from the Helene-Weber-Schule in Bad Saulgau, Germany. Below is her report about the World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Several aquatic sports enthusiasts are currently tuned in and focused on the World Aquatic Championships that are underway at the moment in Fukuoka, Japan. These Championships are organised by the World Aquatics which is an international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competitions in water sports. It was formerly known as FINA (French: Fédération Internationale de Natation). The sport event at the World Aquatic Championships brings together the world's top athletes in swimming, diving, artistic swimming, water polo, open water swimming and high diving. These Championships commenced on 14th July 2023, and hundreds of athletes battled it out for medals in the different competitions. At the time of writing this article, China currently [...]

L-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports tifraħ lit-tnax-il parteċipant tal-AIPS Young Reporters Programme li ġie organizzat f’Malta waqt l-edizzjoni tal-UEFA Under-19 Championship. Matul dawn l-ġimgħatejn, dawn iż-żgħażagħ li qed jaspiraw li jaħdmu bħala ġurnalsiti sportivi, kellhom din l-opportunità unika li jsegwu mill-qrib l-organizazzjoni ta’ avveniment internazzjonali tal-futbol, filwaqt li jkabbru l-għarfien tagħhom dwar il-ġurnaliżmu sportiv b'rapportaġġ regolari tal-logħbiet ta' dan il-kampjonat. Qabel il-finali tal-Under-19 Championship bejn il-Portugallu l-Italja, li ntlagħbet fl-Istadium Nazzjonali Ta' Qali, ġew ippreżentati ċ-ċertifikati lill-parteċipanti. Iċ-ċertifikati ġew ippreżentati minn Gianni Merlo, President tal-AIPS, li hija l-assoċjazzjoni internazzjonali tal-ġurnalisti sportivi u mill-leġenda tal-futbol Zvonimir Boban, li huwa UEFA Technical Director u Chief of Football. Preżenti wkoll Bjorn Vassallo, President tal-Malta Football Association; Sandro Micallef u Lorraine Cunningham President u Segretarju Ġenerali tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports rispettivament flimkien mal-President tal-AIPS Europe Charles Camenzuli. Waqt iċ-ċermonja tal-għoti taċ-ċertifikati, Gianni Merlo rringrazzja lill-UEFA għall-kontribut tagħha sa’ mill-ewwel edizzjoni tal-AIPS Young Reporters Programme li kienet [...]

The Malta SJA congratulates all twelve participants of the AIPS Young Reporters Programme which was held in Malta during the UEFA Under-19 Championship. For two weeks, the twelve young journalists had the opportunity to get in touch with the organisation of such an international football event and gain a good grasp and knowledge about sports journalism. Before the Under-19 Championship final between Portugal and Italy the participants received official certificates upon their successful completion of this immersion programme The Certificates were presented by Gianni Merlo, President of AIPS along with former football legend Zvonimir Boban, UEFA Technical Director and Chief of Football. The presentation was also attended by Bjorn Vassallo, Malta Football Association President; Malta Sports Journalists Association President and General Secretary Sandro Micallef and Lorraine Cunningham respectively along with AIPS Europe President Charles Camenzuli. During this presentation ceremony, Gianni Merlo showed his gratitude to UEFA for their contribution [...]