sports journalism

14th December 2022 | By Vince Hunt
Messi’s class should decide Sunday’s World Cup final, say Man Met sports journalistsThe World Cup in Qatar is coming to an end this weekend and the rainbow t-shirts, Welsh bucket hats and Arab keffiyahs will be stored...

9th December 2022 | By Vince Hunt
Matchday Live sports coverage hits 11,000 viewers in first term, new figures showThe MMU sports show Matchday Live has notched up an astonishing global audience of 11,000 viewers in its first term of broadcasting from Platt Lane,...

17th May 2021 | By Georgina Randall
On home turf: behind the scenes at Platt Lane of the RISE sports broadcast internshipTwo journalism students from Man Met have been producing live outside broadcasts of the university’s rugby union matches as part of an award-winning new scheme. The...

22nd May 2019 | By Matt Hartless
First festival of sports journalism held at MMUManchester Metropolitan University held its first festival of sports journalism celebrating the achievements of both departments. The festival was put together by journalism lecturer Vince...

21st May 2019 | By Matt Hartless
MMU Festival of Sports Journalism to be held in Geoffrey Manton tomorrow morningThe first MMU Festival of Sports Journalism will be held tomorrow morning in the Geoffrey Manton building. The event will take place at 10am in...

21st October 2017 | By nq_admin
Campaign launched to raise awareness about head injuries in football“Football cannot survive as the world’s most popular sport if it fails to address the dangers of catastrophic brain injury among its players” – Bennet Omalu...

30th January 2017 | By nq_admin
MMU student interviews Danny WebberWebber spoke passionately about his career, how he started from a low-income background in Wythenshawe to playing under arguably the best football manager of all...

7th November 2016 | By nq_admin
Altrincham FC: Down to Earth FootballAs a first year journalism student with a passion for sport, I was eager to get involved with any and all opportunities that arose, so...