Journo Mihir Bose nominated for award

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">MUMBAI: London-based Indian writer Mihir Bose is among sportswriters nominated for the Sports Journalist and Sports Photographer of the Year awards in England.<br /><br />Top names like Patrick Collins (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail on Sunday</span>), Sue Mott (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daily Telegraph</span>) and Harry Harris (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daily Express</span>) are once again short-listed to collect a prestigious title when the winners of the awards - organised by the Sports Journalists'' Association of Great Britain and supported by UK Sport - are announced on March 7.<br /><br />Collins and Mott feature in the short lists for sports feature writer and sports interviewer/Olympic Writer respectively, while Harris''s inside track research into Malcolm Glazer''s proposed takeover of Manchester United is a potential Sports Story of the Year.This category attracted much interest, with Jeff Powell''s Daily Mail scoop that England rugby coach Clive Woodward was quitting to turn his attention towards football a serious rival to Harris and the others.<br /><br />Mihir Bose of the <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daily Telegraph </span>and Charles Sale of the <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daily Mail </span>renew their annual rivalry in the sports news reporter category, while Sale is also short-listed to defend his Sports Diarist of the Year crown.<br /><br />The short lists:<br /><br />Sports News Reporter: Mihir Bose (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Telegraph</span>), David Conn (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Independent</span>), Malcolm Folley (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail on Sunday</span>), Paul Kelso (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>), Darren Lewis (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mirror</span>), Charles Sale (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail</span>).Sports Feature Writer: Patrick Collins (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail on Sunday</span>), Matthew Engel (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Financial Times</span>), Andrew Longmore (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Times</span>), Donald McRae (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>), David Walsh (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Times</span>), Richard Williams (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>).Specialist Correspondent: Matt Dickinson (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Times</span>), Alastair Downe (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Racing Post</span>), Rob Draper (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail on Sunday</span>), Derek Lawrenson (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail</span>), Dave Maddock (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mirror</span>), Henry Winter (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Telegraph</span>).Sports Interviewer: Clare Balding (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Observer</span>), Alison Kervin (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Times</span>), Paul Kimmage (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Times</span>), Donald McRae (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>), Sue Mott (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Telegraph</span>), Robert Phillip (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Telegraph</span>)Sports Diarist: Steve Anglesey (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mirror</span>), Alan Hubbard (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Independent on Sunday</span>), Ashling O''Connor (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Times</span>), Charles Sale (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail</span>).Sports Story: Matthew Bayley (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail</span>) for the Sean Long Rugby League betting scandal; Harry Harris (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Express</span>) for the Malcolm Glazer takeover of Manchester United; Duncan MacKay (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Observer</span>), first to expose the Greek athletics drug cheats; Jeff Powell (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail</span>) for the Clive Woodward resignation scoop; and Paul Smith (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Mirror</span>) for revealing Wayne Rooney''s transfer from Everton to Manchester United in February. Sports Team: Daily Telegraph (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Euro 2004</span>), Sunday Times (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Olympics</span>), Times (Clay-Liston 40th anniversary supplement), Times (Ayrton Senna 10th anniversary supplement).Regional sports journalist: John Gibson (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Newcastle Chronicle</span>), Danny Hall (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Western Daily Press</span>), David Prior (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Liverpool Post</span>), Phil Rostron (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Yorkshire Evening Post</span>), Jeremy Wilson (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Southern Echo</span>).Sports Columnist: Patrick Barclay (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Telegraph</span>), Patrick Collins (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mail on Sunday</span>), Hugh McIlvanney (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sunday Times</span>), Martin Samuel (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">News of the World</span>), Martin Samuel (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Times</span>), Richard Williams (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>)Olympic Writer: Simon Barnes (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Times</span>), Ian Chadband (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Evening Standard</span>), Paul Hayward (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daily Telegraph</span>), Duncan Mackay (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>), Sue Mott (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daily Telegraph</span>) and Richard Williams (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Guardian</span>).</div> </div>