LAUSANNE, March 22, 2025 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the longlist for the Young Reporters Writing category.

The longlist represents the first judging stage and is based on the average ratings of the AIPS panel of specialists, the Executive Committee members and the members of the Jury.

Find out more about the judging stages HERE.

Participants with two submissions in the longlist can find both listed side by side. Here are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:

Disclaimer: All names and information have been published as we have received them, for any corrections please contact us at info@aipsmedia.com or send us a direct message on social media @aipsmedia.
 

YOUNG REPORTERS WRITING

Saeedullah Safi (Afghanistan), The cycling sisters defying the Taliban to compete in the Paris Olympics  - The Afghan Times 

Bianca Roberts (Australia), Olympics or Discrimination? The Australian Taekwondo Star’s Surprising Exclusion  - World In Sport 

Camila Alves (Brazil), "My coach tried to kiss me": unprecedented survey reveals cases of harassment in women's football - Globo 

Aquiles Cornejo (Chile), Clarity beyond sight: the life of Erik Weinhermayer, the first blind man to climb Everest - La Tercera 

Wufei Yu (China), After Summiting Everest without Eyesight: Zhang Hong and his unfinished Life Adventure - Sanlian Lifeweek Magazine 

Stanislav Kučera (Czech Republic), Internet bullies? Wretches and human rubish. How tennis players face threats and resentment  - MF DNES 

Thibault Le Besne (France), Paralympics slalom between cheating and cover-up - Slate.fr 

Louis Boulay (France), Park Si-Hun : “My life would have been better with the silver medal” - L'Equipe 

Owuraku Ampofo (Ghana), When Barcelona called: The deferred dream that shaped Gideon Mensah’s rise - Media General 

Esther Owusua Appiah-fei (Ghana), Inside the Okyeman Girls Football Academy empowering young women and tackling teenage pregnancy in Ghana  - Olympics.com 

Grace Goulding (Hungary), Diyora Keldiyorova: A golden legacy for Uzbekistan and women in judo - Olympic Channel 

Sanket Jain (India), How an Indian farmer uses sports to save girls from early marriage - Devex 

Rahul Pandey (India), Shamar Joseph: Using melted bottles and fruits as balls, the boy from Baracara single-handedly drive - The Indian Express 

Niharika Raina (India), Meet the globe-trotting private chefs who accompany Indian cricket team players - IANS 

Neel Shelat (India), Dawn of the White Wolves - SCOUTED Notebook 

Mohammadamin Shahsavari (Iran), The lost screams in Iran's stadiums! - ISNA 

Gabriele Ragnini (Italy), From racket to weapons in trench: the war of Dolgopolov  - ZetaLuiss 

Purity Kinuthia (Kenya), How sports gave Nakuru amputee Sophia Wanjiru a new lease of life - Nation Media Group 

Meshack Kisenge (Kenya), The amazing transformation of ex-footballer Joseph Kinyanjui - from an armed gangster to a crime and drug abuse fighter - Mozzart Sport Kenya 

Stephen Ochieng' (Kenya), Faith Kipyegon: From humble beginnings to global phenomenon - SportPesa Kenya

Ghina Chahwan (Lebanon), Laetitia Aoun: Your Wounds have Healed ours - Ghina Chahwan 

Deep Subedi (Nepal), 16 years on the run: ANFA’s Vice President, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison for drug traffick  - Ukaalo.com, Nepallive.com, Nagarik daily, Khelpati.com 

Peter Akinbo (Nigeria), From pain to gain: After attempting suicide, blind judokas find new lives in sports - Punch Nigeria Limited 

Jamie Haro (Papua New Guinea), After a serious rugby league injury, Dorna Longbut is making her mark in para-sport  - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 

Anushe Engineer (Pakistan), It’s all or nothing for Arshad Nadeem in Paris - Dawn Media Group 

Germaine Wong (Singapore), Girls Take the Lead  - Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University 

Lucijan Zalokar (Slovenia), From “a car without a fuel” to a world record holder - Delo 

Leonard Solms (South Africa), Luol Deng has turned South Sudan basketball into a challenging Olympic team - ESPN 

Jose María Ruiz España (Spain), Goals against hunger with the Granada shirt in Zambia - GranadaDigital 

Pablo Muñoz (Spain), The Palestinian footballer who is a political refugee in Spain: 'We came out from under the rubble and continued with our dreams’ - Relevo

Jamie Barton (UK), ‘We are San Marino, we always have to suffer’: What it’s like playing for the lowest-ranked national - CNN 

Chloe Merrell (UK), Paris 2024 Olympics - Boyd Martin returns to the Olympic stage, ready to deliver emotional tribute - Olympics.com 

Issy Ronald (UK), For even the most successful Olympians, life after the Games can be like ‘going down that cliff’ - CNN 

Mykola Dendak (Ukraine), Russians sponsor one of England's oldest clubs and openly support the war in Ukraine - Online edition "Champion" 

Svitlana Kropina (Ukraine), From poverty and violence to Olympic gold and multimillion-dollar contracts: thorny path of Biles – Champion.com.ua

Oleksandr Miasyshchev (Ukraine), 33 “neutral” Russian athletes were admitted to the Olympics in Paris. At least 9 of them go to Crime  - Babel 

Matthew Nelsen (USA), Noah Lyles versus lightning: The race for Usain Bolt's 100m and 200m world records  - Olympics.com