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Professional sports photographers encouraged to register for Canon’s London Pro Days

Press and sports photography events organised by Canon will be held in London on Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 November, with morning and afternoon sessions; photographers can get hands-on with the latest ...
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Award-winning cricket book tells the tale of how ‘Typhoon’ Tyson sparked England’s greatest Ashes triumph

Despair for the Australians on February 8, 1955, as their wicketkeeper Len Maddocks drops a catch from Colin Cowdrey during ...
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Right man, wrong time? New book explains how Colin Harvey’s Everton dream slipped away

Colin Harvey's struggles to extend Howard Kendall's Everton glory years are examined in a new book reviewed by Eric ...
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Roaring history of Liverpool’s legendary Kop shows us it’s more than a stand

An award-winning journalist's book celebrating the 126th anniversary of Liverpool's famous Anfield Kop end is reviewed by Eric ...
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‘My Black Book was my Google’ – Harry Harris ready to reveal fascinating football secrets

When I started out in journalism, there was no Google, no mobile, no email, no social media and certainly no WhatsApp. If you wanted a story, you had to find somebody who knew something – and persuade ...
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Route to Manchester United’s resurgence is detailed in new edition of club history book

The new paperback edition of a book dedicated to Jimmy Murphy, who began Manchester United’s rebuild after the Munich disaster, is reviewed by Eric Brown… The Manchester United team is led out onto ...
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New features for free-to-enter AIPS Sport Media Awards, with prize money on offer

Christine Thomas (centre), writing for L’Equipe in France, won the Best Colour Piece category at last year’s AIPS Sport Media Awards. Four UK entrants were placed in the Top 10. (image: AIPS) British ...
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Remembering Trevor Bond, 1936-2026: Tributes to former SJA chair and Sunday Telegraph sports editor

Trevor Bond, the former chair and secretary of the Sports Journalists’ Association who was greatly admired across the industry, has died at the age of 90. The Sports Journalists’ Association sends its ...
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60 years on from 1966 – five reporters who covered England’s World Cup win

Left to right: Pat Collins, John Goodbody, Bob Harris, Michael Hart, and John Jackson. Five of the few remaining journalists who covered the 1966 World Cup met for lunch on the eve of England’s latest ...
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Impact of commercialism and climate change on cricket explored in new history of the sport

Test cricket can seem a brutal business, with batsmen sometimes struggling to avoid injury at the hands of enthusiastic fast bowlers aiming repeatedly at body or head. Such individual duels as the ...
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Fascinating biography of cricket ‘superhero’ Garry Sobers is a first-class read

Back in the 1950s, it was fashionable for schoolboys to select and endlessly trumpet support for a hero. With the UK’s television and recording industries still in their infancy, the choice often ...
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Finney is Canon Sports Photographer of the Year for first time at SJA British Sports Journalism Awards

Julian Finney won the Ed Lacey Trophy for Canon Sports Photographer of the Year at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2025. Julian Finney is celebrating the first Ed Lacey Trophy win of his ...