LAUSANNE, October 19, 2022 – The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) is pleased to announce that it will honor journalists and photographers who have covered 8 or more FIFA World Cups, including the Qatar edition, at a special ceremony to be held in Doha.

HOW TO APPLY Please send your details including name, nationality, number of FIFA World Cups covered, media organization, date of birth, and a Jpeg photo of yourself to this email:  presidentoffice@aipsmedia.com by November 16. Put “Journalists on the Podium + your name” in the object of the email.

UNIQUE TRADITION Journalists on the Podium is a unique tradition of celebrating longevity in sports journalism. It was born in August 2012 and Honav’s replica of the 2012 London Olympic torch was presented to more than 100 veteran journalists, each of whom had covered 10 Olympic Games or more. 

“Many times we don’t think enough about how the stories, pictures, and news are passed on. It is great to be here to honor the journalists, many of whom have become friends with the athletes,” said Edwin Moses – the former American hurdler who dominated the 400-meter hurdles event for a decade, winning gold medals in the race at the 1976 and 1984 Olympic Games – during the first ceremony.

The past editions
2012 London (UK) Summer Olympic Games 
2014 Sochi (RUS) Winter Olympic Games 
2015 Toronto (CAN) Pan American Games 
2016 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Summer Olympic Games 
2017 London (UK) World Athletics Championships
2018 Pyeongchang (KOR) Winter Olympic Games 
2018 Glasgow (UK) LEN European Championships  
2018 Berlin (GER) European Athletics Championships 
2019 Verona (ITA) Giro d’ Italia
2019 Cairo (EGY) Africa Cup of Nations football
2022 Budapest (HUN) FINA World Championships
2022 Munich (GER) European Athletics Championships

„Without you, our work will not exist, because you are important to us, absolutely important, and your success is our success. The veterans here are for us a core group of people who have all the answers because having more than six Winter Games means you know exactly what, and you can also make our work much better. We want to be promoted by you and also sometimes criticized by you,” said one of the top sports leaders who were present at our ceremony.

FIFA WORLD CUPS SINCE 1930
1930 Uruguay 
1934 Italy 
1938 France 
1950 Brazil 
1954 Switzerland 
1958 Sweden 
1962 Chile 
1966 England 
1970 Mexico 
1974 West Germany 
1978 Argentina 
1982 Spain
1986 Mexico 
1990 Italy 
1994 United States 
1998 France 
2002 South Korea-Japan 
2006 Germany 
2010 South Africa 
2014 Brazil 
2018 Russia 
2022 Qatar

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