Guardian Sport And Jonathan Liew Win Top Prizes At Sja Awards

Guardian Sport won 2 apical prizes astatine nan prestigious Sports Journalists’ Association’s awards evening connected Monday.

The Guardian won sports patient of nan twelvemonth astatine nan SJA British Sports Journalism Awards night while Jonathan Liew was named columnist of nan twelvemonth for nan 5th clip successful 8 years, arsenic good arsenic winning bronze successful nan shot journalist of nan twelvemonth category. Suzanne Wrack won bronze successful nan women’s shot journalist of nan twelvemonth and Andy Bull won bronze successful nan sports characteristic writer of nan twelvemonth (long form) category.

When explaining their reasons for giving nan Guardian nan apical award, nan SJA judges described nan Guardian’s sum arsenic “a action container of delights, consistently catering for galore tastes”.

The Guardian’s caput of sport, Will Woodward, said: It’s an breathtaking clip to beryllium moving astatine nan Guardian,” while a delighted Liew said: “I wasn’t expecting to triumph this one, I respect nan group connected nan shortlist truthful this 1 intends a lot.”

For nan first clip successful nan event’s history, nan London Palladium was nan venue, pinch Jim White, Reshmin Chowdhury, Bela Shah and Joel Beya sharing big duties.