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Sandro Micallef has stepped down as President of the Malta Sports Journalists Association (MSJA) citing personal and professional reasons. The announcement was made during the 2024 Annual General meeting which was held on Thursday. Micallef had been serving in the role of President of the MSJA for the past 7 seven years and his second term was due to come to an end in August 2025, however in the interest of the Association he decided to resign with immediate effect. He had been elected in the role of President on 10th July, 2017 and had been confirmed in the role 4 years later in the Association's AGM on 6th October, 2021. Previously he had also occupied the role of General Secretary of the Association and also served as an exco member in his early years in sports journalism. Mr. Micallef has also recently resigned from PBS where he worked [...]

Sandro Micallef irriżenja mill-kariga ta' President tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sport (GħĠS) għal raġunijiet personali u professjonali. Dan tħabbar waqt il-Laqgħa Annwali Ġenerali 2024 li saret il-Ħamis filgħaxija. Micallef kien ilu jokkupa l-kariga ta' President tal-GħĠS għal dawn l-aħħar 7 snin u t-tieni terminu tiegħu kien se jiġi fi tmiemu f'Awwissu tal-2025. Għaldaqstant, fl-aħjar interess tal-GħĠS hu ddeċieda li r-riżenja tiegħu tkun waħda immedjata. Huwa kien ġie elett bħala President waqt il-Laqgħa Ġenerali li kienet saret fl-10 ta' Lulju 2017 u kien ġie kkonfermat fil-Laqgħa Annwali Ġenerali li kienet saret fis-6 ta' Ottubru 2021. Il-kariga ta' Micallef bħala President waslet wara li kien jokkupa l-kariga ta' Segretarju Ġenerali u membru fl-Eżekuttiv fil-bidu tal-karriera tiegħu fil-ġurnaliżmu sportiv. Sandro Micallef dan l-aħħar ukoll temm l-impjieg li kellu mal-PBS bħala ġurnalist sportiv ma' TVMsport. Intant waqt il-Laqgħa Annwali Ġenerali 2024, il-membri tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sport approvaw il-ħatra ta' Clinton Buhagiar bħala President ad interim sal-Laqgħa [...]

Luca Galea (Open Water Swimming) and Leia Summer Madden (Karate) are the winners of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for August. Luca Vella, aged 18, secured his third National Open Water Swimming Championship, following victories in 2021 and 2023. Luca was consistent throughout the whole championship and remained unbeaten after six races, of which five had a 2 kilometres course and the last one 4 kilometres. He finished the last race in 56 minutes and 49 seconds, just 3 seconds ahead of Sam Camilleri. Meanwhile, Leia Summer Madden, who turned 13 this month, won the silver medal as she placed second in the World Karate Federation Youth League in Cancon, Mexico. This is the first time for Malta to win a medal in this competition. Leia was outstanding in the Under 47 kilogrammes Category reserved for youths under 14 years of age. She passed all the [...]

Luca Vella (Open Water Swimming) u Leia Summer Madden (Karate) huma r-rebbieħa tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Awwissu 2024. Luca Vella li ghandu 18-il sena, rebaħ għat-tielet darba il-Kampjonat Nazzjonali tal-Għawm Open Water, wara li kien rebaħ dan l-istess titlu fl-2021 u fl-2023. Luca kien dejjem konsistenti u rebaħ is-sitt itlielaq, fejn ħamsa kienu fuq distanza ta’ żewġ kilometri u l-aħħar waħda ta’ erba’ kilometri. Fl-aħħar tellieqa kellu ħin ta’ 56 minuta u 49 sekonda fejn qabeż biss bi tliet sekondi lil Sam Camilleri. Min-naħa l-oħra Leia Summer Madden li għadha kemm għalqet 13-il sena, rebħet il-midalja tal-fidda meta ġiet fit-tieni post fil-World Karate Federation Youth League li sar f’Cancun fil-Messiku. Għal Malta din kienet l-ewwel midalja mirbuħa f’din il-kompetizzjoni. Leia kienet dominanti fejn għaddiet mit-tliet rawnds, iżda fil-finali ġiet megħluba mill-Amerikana Elina Balint bl-iskor ta’ 7-2. Ta’ min jgħid li f’Awwissu tas-sena l-oħra, l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ [...]