LAUSANNE, April 6, 2024 – With less than one month to the much-anticipated climax of the sixth edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, AIPS is proud to announce the top ten candidates in the Writing Best Column category.

This list may contain more than 10 submissions because of ties in the voting. It has been published in alphabetical order of country:

WRITING BEST COLUMN

Cristian Grosso (Argentina), Messi, the hero without resentment – Diario La Nación

Marcela Mora y Araujo (Argentina), Oh, country, country, country… – Diario ar

Sebastian Torok (Argentina), Davis Cup and false promises: chronicle of a failure shared between the International Federation and Piqué who ends up in court – Diario La Nacion de Argentina

Alaa Abdel-ghani (Egypt), Was Qatar’s World Cup ‘the best’? – Al-Ahram Newspaper

Solace Chukwu (Nigeria), For Nigeria’s teen prodigies, missing the World Cup is terminal. They are the real victims – Pulse Sports

Runar Gilberg (Norway), The Value of Participating – Kondis

Igor Rabiner (Russia), Renunciation of the “Mountain Eagle”. Igor Rabiner – on the situation with Yelena Isinbayeva – Sport-Express

Pablo Juanarena (Spain), Text for a football match ticket – Marca

Orfeo Suárez (Spain), El talón de Aquiles está en las pelotas – El Mundo

Hiam Salih (Sudan), Long live peace, not war – Remuntada

Suzanne Wrack (UK), Luis Rubiales’ actions are not abnormal, they are symptomatic of the system – The Guardian

Rich Perelman (USA), With the best of intentions, the IOC has lost its way – TheSportsExaminer.com

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Following this Top 10, we will announce the finalists (podium nominees).

Stay tuned for the rest of the Top 10!