LAUSANNE, April 5, 2025 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Writing Best Colour Piece category.
Find out more about the judging stages HERE.
Below are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:
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WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE
Lucio Ortiz (Argentina), From the ring to exile: An unbreakable friendship between Pascualito and Perón - Diario Mendoza
Sebastian Torok (Argentina), Novak Djokovic, the man and the legend: “What makes me fragile?” - Diario La Nacion de Argentina
Jeremy Story Carter (Australia), She Can Play - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Julian Linden (Australia), Short Notice - News Corp (Australia)
Camila Alves (Brazil), "My coach tried to kiss me": unprecedented survey reveals cases of harassment in women's football - Globo
Ángel Miguel Pérez Martínez (Colombia), The world champion who defeated more than 7 demons - Korraleja
Ahmed Aboelnasr (Egypt) "Fake muscle steroids" A Business That Kills Youngsters... Palm Oil, Sesame, Chicken and Pig Hormones - Elwatan newspapers
Louis Boulay (France), Park Si-Hun : “My life would have been better with the silver medal” - L'Equip
Romain Donneux (France), Kenya, long-distance race against doping - L'Equipe
Quentin Moynet (France), Roumane, the fall of a little ace - L'Equipe
Bassel Alhamdo (Germany), Syria’s Youth Soccer Teams Were the Pride of the Nation — But Dozens of Players Were Too Old To Compete - OCCRP and SIRAJ
Annesha Ghosh (India), You’ll Never Walk Alone - Vogue India
Sanket Jain (India), How an Indian farmer uses sports to save girls from early marriage – Devex
Itay Goder (Israel), "I give you my word: nothing will happen to you here" - Der Spiegel
Eduardo Enrique López Navarrete (Mexico), The Olympic weightlifter who left the circus and challenged the Cuban regime - Diario AS
Abiodun Adewale (Nigeria), Olusosun: Defying the odds, Lagos slum rises above filth, produces Africa’s football king - Punch Newspaper
Ida-marie Vatn (Norway), The coach and the policeman - TV 2
Anushe Engineer (Pakistan), It’s all or nothing for Arshad Nadeem in Paris - Dawn Media Group
Firdose Moonda (South Africa), Extremely loud and incredibly vile: how social media abuse wrecks cricketers - ESPN
Miguel Angel Lara Adán (Spain), "Yo viví la Batalla de Belgrado" – Marca
José Ignacio Pérez Hernández (Spain), I boxed in Mauthausen – Marca
Javier Sánchez Ramos (Spain), Sylvie Fréchette, the Olympic champion in Barcelona 1992 who does not remember it: "My fiancé committed suicide and my mind protected me." - El Mundo
David Ruiz de la Torre (Spain), Football lacks street skills: has the 21st century killed the geniuses of dribbling? – March
Alex Bysouth (UK), Inaki and Nico Williams: Two brothers, one club and a 40-year wait - BBC Sport
Piers Edwards (UK), The African footballers putting their hearts on the line - BBC
Jo Gunston (UK), Tim Peake on the oddities of running a marathon in space - Olympics.com
Adam Leventhal (UK), Christian Atsu - one year on from the search to find him. Through the eyes of those closest to him. - The Athletic
Andy Mcgrath (UK)- A tale of two races - Cyclist Magazine
Ruth Mcleod (UK), The Longest Ride - The Red Bulletin
Steve Menary (UK), Greek Tragedy - Josimar
Emma Smith (UK), Paralysed by an ex-boyfriend, Otto rises as Paralympian - BBC Sport
Amy Woodyatt (UK), They played for their country in their 20s. By their 40s, they had early onset dementia after playing this physical sport - CNN Sport
Holly Yu Tung Chen (USA), One Leg to Climb On: the story of Sarah Doherty, the First Amputee to Stand Atop Denali - Height of Lands: Alpinist
Jonathan W. Rosen (USA), Running on air - MIT Technology Review
