Sean Ingle

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Sean Ingle
Born
Luton, UK
Alma mater University of Sheffield
OccupationSports Journalist
Employer The Guardian
Awards British Sports Journalism Awards

Sean Ingle is a British sports journalist. He is currently the chief sports reporter and columnist for The Guardian and The Observer . [1] He was previously the newspaper's athletics correspondent and online sports editor.

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Early life and education

Ingle was born in Luton, UK. He is the great-nephew of boxing trainer Brendan Ingle, who trained world champions Naseem Hamed, Johnny Nelson, Junior Witter, Kell Brook and Kid Galahad. [2] He was educated at Luton Sixth Form College before graduating from the University of Sheffield with a first-class degree in Political Science and Government in 1997.

Career

Ingle began his career in journalism as a sports writer for EMAP in 1998. He joined The Guardian a year and a half later in the same capacity until he was promoted to deputy sports editor and then sports editor of the website in 2004. [3] He also launched the popular podcast Football Weekly, which was nominated for a Sony award.

Ingle was posted to Germany to cover the 2006 World Cup for The Guardian. In Baden-Baden, while at a restaurant with colleague Jonathan Wilson, he was bitten on the buttocks by a German Shepherd; the dog bit him so hard that he bled. [4]

He remained as the sports editor of the website until after the 2012 Olympics in London, when he was named a senior sports writer and Athletics Correspondent, as he returned to full-time reporting duties for The Guardian, Observer and the website. He also began writing a weekly column on issues in sport.

Ingle has broken several high-profile stories, including the revelation that four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome failed a doping test during the Vuelta a España road race in September 2017. [5] His report, co-authored with Martha Kelner, won Scoop of the Year at the 2017 British Sports Journalism Awards. [6]

He was named Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the 2016 and 2017 British Sports Journalism Awards. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sean Ingle". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Ingle, Sean (13 January 2026). "Watching James Bond play my great uncle Brendan in Giant was surreal and spooky". theguardian.com . Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Last, Danny (21 July 2010). "European Football Weekends: Sean Ingle". European Football Weekends. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Glendenning, Presented by Max Rushden with Barry; Wilson, Jonathan; Gray, Nicky Bandini Produced by Silas (25 November 2020). "Champions League, yet more VAR and the return of fans – Football Weekly". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Chris Froome fights to save career after failed drugs test result". TheGuardian.com .
  6. ↑ "The Guardian wins seven Sports Journalists' Association awards". The Guardian. 27 February 2018. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "2016 BRITISH SPORTS JOURNALISM AWARDS – Sports Journalists' Association" . Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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