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Anthony Borg (Swimming) and Alex Degabriele (Tennis) are the winners of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for July. Anthony Borg, aged 17, accomplished an amazing feat themed Swim Round Gozo swimming 37 kilometres just under 12 hours. Anthony is the youngest swimmer ever to compete this long-distance swim. Meanwhile, Alex Degabriele, aged 20, won the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 15K Doubles title on the Men’s Pro Circuit in Monastir, Tunisia teaming up with Youness Lalami Laaroussi from Morocco. Alex and Youness had a fantastic week of tennis overcoming many tough high ranked opponents and showing a huge resilience to eventually clinch this prestigious title. Alex was touring the ITF Pro Circuit during his season break from the North Carolina Wilmington University. in the USA. The Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award was presented to Anthony Borg by Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director and CEO of [...]

Anthony Borg (Għawm) u Alex Degabriele (Tennis) huma r-rebbieħa tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Lulju 2024. Anthony Borg li ghandu 17-il sena, għam id-distanza ta’ 37 kilometru madwar Għawdex fi ftit anqas minn 12-il siegħa. B’hekk Anthony sar l-iżgħar għawwiem li qatt għamel din l-għawma fuq distanza fit-tul. Min-naħa l-oħra Alex Degabriele li għandu 20 sena, rebaħ il-kompetizzjoni tal-15k tad-doubles organizzata mill-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tat-Tennis (ITF), f’Monastir, fit-Tuneżija, flimkien mal-Marokkin Youness Lalami Laaroussi. Alex u Youness kellhom ġimgħa sħiħa impenjattiva kontra avversarji ferm ikkwotati fir-ranking tat-tennis. Għaldaqstant huma kienu determinati li jirbħu dan it-titlu prestiġġjuż. Alex ħa sehem f’dan l-ITF Pro Circuit, waqt il-waqfa li kellu mill-impenji tiegħu fin-North Carolina Willington University, fl-Istati Uniti. Il-preżentazzjoni tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar lil Anthony Borg saret minn Matthew von Brockdorff Direttur Maniġerjali u CEO ta’ Atlas Insurance, flimkien ma’ Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien hemm preżenti [...]

On Saturday afternoon, Bayern Munich were the winner of the first edition of VisitMalta Cup against Tottenham Hotspur with the result of 3-2, in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The main aim of this game was that of strengthening the flow of sports tourism, with both the respective teams having thousands of supporters following them from around the world. Apart from this, both in the United Kingdom as well as in Germany, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich have the strongest wave of supporters in Europe. Throughout the game Malta’s name was mentioned several times by VisitMalta, a game which was broadcasted live both on British and German stations. Kulusevski gained advantage for Tottenham after only a minute of play. Bayern Munich started increasing their rhythm and by the end of the first half, they managed to score three times. The first goal was that of Upamecano who on the 16th minute balanced [...]

Is-Sibt waranofsinhar fit-Tottenham Hotspur Stadium intlagħbet l-ewwel edizzjoni tal-VisitMalta Cup bit-tim ta’ Bayern Munich jegħleb lil Tottenham Hotspur bl-iskor ta’ 3-2. L-għan ewlieni ta’ din il-partita kien li jkompli jissaħħaħ it-turiżmu sportiv hekk kif iż-żewġ klabbs rispettivi għandhom eluf ta’ partitarji madwar id-dinja kollha li jsegwuhom. Apparti minn hekk, kemm fir-Renju Unit kif ukoll fil-Ġermanja, Tottenham Hotspur u Bayern Munich għandhom fost l-akbar bażi ta’ partitarji warajhom fl-Ewropa. Matul il-partita spikka b’mod kontinwu l-isem Malta permezz ta’ VisitMalta, liema partita intwerit b’mod dirett fuq stazzjonijiet Brittaniċi u anke Ġermaniżi. Għal dik li hija kronika tal-partita, Tottenham fil-vantaġġ wara biss minuta logħob permezz ta’ Kulusevski. Mal-ħin Bayern Munich bdew iżidu fir-ritmu u sa’ tmiem l-ewwel taqsima skorjaw tliet darbiet. L-ewwel kien Upamecano li fis-sittax-il minuta għamel kollox indaqs biex kif appena għaddew l-ewwel tlettin minuta tal-konfront Gnabry poġġa lil Ġermaniżi għall-ewwel darba fil-vantaġġ. Eżatt qabel l-intervall, il-veteran Thomas Muller għamilhom [...]