Sky Sports activities have picked up 5 nominations at this 12 months’s SJA British Sports activities Journalism awards with Kaveh Solhekol, Craig Slater, Adam Bate and Megan Wellens all in competition.
It is going to be the forty ninth annual staging of the awards, which date again to 1976 when trade legends Hugh McIlvanney and Ian Wooldridge have been collectively named the inaugural winners of the SJA Sportswriter of the 12 months Trophy.
With the digital path of sports activities media, the Sports activities Writer class brings collectively organisations no matter platform, format or distribution mannequin.
There are 10 contenders for the crown, together with Sky Sports activities and The Athletic, the latest winners of the equal class for content material, and Telegraph Sport and CNN Sports activities, each recognised for his or her digital publishing acumen inside the final 5 years.
Each day Mail, ITV Sport, talkSPORT, The Guardian, Instances Sport and TNT Sports activities full the shortlist.
For the primary time, the characteristic author award is break up into long-form and short-form sub-categories, whereas darts, F1 and tennis are among the many sports activities represented in Specialist Correspondent.
SPORTS SUMMARISER
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Sky Sports activities chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol explains why a transfer to Saudi Arabia appears almost certainly for Mohamed Salah…
Alex Criminal – talkSPORT
Kaveh Solhekol – Sky Sports activities Information
Matt Slater – The Athletic
Phil Buckingham – The Athletic
Phil Hay – The Athletic
Richard Hoiles – ITV Sport
Rob Harris – Sky Information
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Following his sacking after 20 years as staff principal, Christian Horner gave an emotional goodbye to the Pink Bull employees and says it was the most important privilege of his life
British horse racing to go on strike over betting tax rise – Tom Kershaw, The Instances & Sunday Instances
Christian Horner’s emotional exit speech – Craig Slater/Sky Sports activities Information
Erling Haaland indicators new nine-and-a-half-year Manchester Metropolis contract – David Ornstein, The Athletic
Isak Bombshell – Craig Hope, Each day Mail
Maccabi Tel Aviv followers not allowed to attend Aston Villa recreation in Europa League – Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic
Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Observe fails – Adam Crafton, The Athletic
Thomas Tuchel’s “Repulsive” Revelation – talkSPORT
Wiegman fury as Earps quits – Kathryn Batte, The Telegraph
FEATURE WRITER – SHORT-FORM
Adam Bate – Sky Sports activities
Chris Collyer – The Rugby Paper
Rob Maul – The Solar
Seb Stafford-Bloor – The Athletic
Siddharth Thakur – Freelance
SPECIALIST CORRESPONDENT (MIKE DICKSON TROPHY)
Brian Smith – talkSPORT
Chris McKenna – Freelance
Donald McRae – The Guardian
Megan Wellens – Sky Sports activities
Molly Hudson – The Instances & Sunday Instances
Riath Al-Samarrai – Each day Mail
Tom Kershaw – The Instances & Sunday Instances
Tumaini Carayol – The Guardian
SPORTS PUBLISHER
CNN Sports activities
Each day Mail
ITV Sport
Sky Sports activities
talkSPORT
Telegraph Sport
The Athletic
The Guardian
Instances Sport
TNT Sports activities
The winners of the SJA British Sports activities Journalism Awards can be introduced at a gala ceremony, going down on the London Palladium on Monday, April 27, 2026.
