The
President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Honour
Sirawoo has hailed the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive, AIPS, for becoming an associate member of the newly named Global
Association of International Sports Federations, GAISF at the 2017
SportAccord Convention in Aarhus, Denmark.
Sirawoo,
who stated this in Abuja shortly after congratulating the President of
AIPS,Gianni Merlo in a telephone conversation, said the latest
initiative has further widened the horizon of sports journalists across
the world.
According
to the SWAN boss, by becoming a member of GAISF, the ability and desire
of sports journalists to cover series of international sporting events
has been further deepened adding that this would strengthened the quest
for the continued presence of sports journalists in the board of
federations.
He
noted that the current executive of AIPS is breaking new grounds in its
effort to make sports journalists relevant and contribute to the growth
and development of sports across the world.
Sirawoo
congratulated President Gianni Merlo for the landmark achievement and
assured him of the continuous support of SWAN as he intensifies move
for a sanitised and respected AIPS.
The
Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) was
formed at the 2017 SportAccord Convention in Aarhus, Denmark.
The
final day of the Convention marked the beginning of a new chapter for
GAISF -now formerly known as SportAccord - that included three changes
to the Statute and the acceptance of three new members.
AIPS
returned as an associate member of GAISF/SportAccord after a unanimous
vote that further secured the relationship between sports media and
international federations.
AIPS
President Gianni Merlo was quoted as saying: "We are glad to be back
and we look to strengthen the relationship between journalists and sport
federations in this crucial fight to defend the values of sport; we
have the responsibility to fight issues such as corruption,
match-fixing, result manipulation and doping which continue to threaten
the world of sport."
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