The Guardian has won two awards at this year’s Sports Journalists’ Association awards and and was highly commended in four other categories.
Donald McRae was awarded sports feature writer of the year, while Daniel Taylor won football writer of the year.
The judges praised Donald’s “elegant writing, drawing the reader along effortlessly keeping us engaged about subjects we thought we had little interest in”. Daniel was described as an “outstanding journalist who has provided yet more stunning work” and someone who has made an “important impact on the game of football”.
David Conn was highly commended in the sports news reporter category, while Daniel Taylor and Marina Hyde were highly commended in the sports columnist category. Ewan Murray was also highly commended in the specialist correspondent category.
A full list of the winners can be found here.
