Authors
Editors
Beth McCowen
Beth is a sports journalist based in London, specialising in women’s football. Her work frequently focuses on the intersection between health and sport. To get in touch, email bethmccowen@hotmail.com.
Alex Charlton
Alex spent seven years as a primary school teacher and one as a head of year before travelling around Latin America. With a keen interest in football, tennis and darts, he currently works as an EFL and Sunderland club writer for Football League World. Alex loves telling a story and is relishing the opportunity to write about key issues.
Kyrenia Shipillis
Kyrenia is a London-based Editor for the Sports Gazette. A devoted Paris Saint-Germain fan, she is interested in writing about the development and events within Football Leagues abroad. Kyrenia also runs a successful Football TikTok account where she analyses the tactical, environmental and political issues concerning the sport.
Valérie Drasnarova
A sports journalist who grew up hating sports—until a global pandemic and Formula One completely rewired her brain. Now reformed, she's traded eye rolls for race weekends and sports nights. When she’s not immersed in F1, she’s likely following the fast-paced world of ice hockey.
Tom Johnston
Sports journalist from London with a passion for football, cricket and NFL. Experience includes The Telegraph, writing match previews for OddsNow and investigating sports washing in the Middle East. Newcastle United FC and Detroit Lions.
Writers
Kaoutar Alaidi
A Moroccan sports journalist based in London, currently serving as the football writer for Sports Gazette. With a passion for international sports journalism, football, and Formula 1, she has covered numerous football matches over the past three years. Alongside her journalism career, Kaoutar is particularly focused on football marketing, player transfers, and market value analysis.
Ervin Ang
Born in Singapore, Ervin spent two years freelancing at The Straits Times' sports desk. During his stint, he wrote more than 150 stories and covered major international sporting events, interviewing top names like Jurgen Klopp, Xavi Hernandez, Bryson DeChambeau and Lilia Vu.
While being well-versed in golf, tennis and Formula One, Ervin's experience in overseas sports reporting has centred around football. He has travelled to Rwanda and Croatia, the latter resulting in an award-winning final-year journalism project on their footballing success.
Ervin, who also speaks Mandarin Chinese, is currently based in London and can be contacted at ervinang28@gmail.com.
Gina Bagnulo
Gina Bagnulo is a 22 year old sports journalist from Dubai. With a particular passion for women’s football she has written extensively for The South London Press, The National among others. She previously lived in Ireland and worked for Shelbourne Football Club’s media team.
Julia Carvalho De Oliveira
Julia is a carioca - Brazilian - who just moved to London. With experience in different areas of journalism and communications, her major interest is in sports journalism covering motorsports, basketball, and football stories. As a big fan of Flamengo in Brazil, she still needs to choose a team to support in England.
Aditya Chaturvedi
Aditya Chaturvedi, a Roger Federer and Arsenal devotee, grew up playing cricket and football on the maidaans of Mumbai. After working for Hindustan Times, one of India's largest English newspapers, he's pursuing his passion for sports journalism in London.
Will Colledge
Will Colledge is a sports writer from London, focusing on cycling, motorsports and football. He is himself a keen cyclist with a background in art and languages, exploring sport outside the mainstream in search of fascinating stories. A Derby County fan with a Tottenham Women’s season ticket, he won’t hesitate to mention John Toshack at any given opportunity.
Jon Harland
Jon is a sports journalist specialising in football while covering a range of sports. He uses his background in Philosophy to find deeper narratives within sport, delivering insightful and engaging stories.
@jonharland_
jonianharland@gmail.com
Claudia Gasparino
Claudia is a sports journalist with a keen interest in the international sports scene. She has worked for the IOC at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and for FIPAV Lombardia at the Women's volleyball European Championship 2023. She's a passionate volleyball and tennis fan, but for the Olympics she becomes an expert in every discipline.
Harry Gillies
Harry is a Glaswegian Sports Journalist and Football Editor for the Sports Gazette. Fluent in Spanish, he avidly follows and writes about La Liga and South American football. He is a Celtic supporter with a particular interest in the great Scottish managers who helped shape British Football history.
Will Gupwell
Will is a keen Rugby Union Journalist with regular published work for The Rugby Paper as well as Talking Rugby Union, as well as experience as digital content officer for multiple social media channels including England Rugby Universities and a media intern at Ealing Trailfinders.
Vaibhav Joshi
Vaibhav is a sports journalist from New Delhi, India, with a keen interest in football, cricket, and tennis, and is always willing to learn more about all other sports under the sun. Having chosen his allegiances circa 2003 aged 10 and stood by them since, his sporting loves include Manchester United, the Indian cricket team, and Andy Roddick.
Mikey
Mikey is a passionate football fan who was born and raised in London. A long-suffering Spurs fan with a bachelor's degree in creative writing who, outside of football, follows F1 and is looking to spark a career in Sports Journalism.
Sheridan Lambrook
Sheridan Lambrook is an international sports journalist that covers both the American sports she grew up watching and motorsports. More than the play by plays Lambrook seeks to tell the story beyond the track or pitch. Her most recent creation is a written series called "Chequered Out" that shares the experiences of women in racing that are often overlooked. Sheridan Lambrook can be reached at sheridanleelambrook@gmail.com
Jamie Morrall
Jamie is a Rugby Editor for the Sports Gazette with deep-rooted passions for the “real” beautiful game. He has previously hosted an award-nominated rugby union student radio show covering the University of Nottingham’s emergence in BUCS Super Rugby.
Anirudh Nair
Grown up in Dubai, Ani is largely into Cricket and Football and supports FC Barcelona. He is also a qualified football coach and cricket umpire, so if you're looking for someone to stand behind the stumps on short notice, you know who to call. He also regularly follows Tennis, Badminton and Field Hockey.
Oscar Richard Fitzpatrick O'Kane
23 year-old sports journalist specialising in football and boxing. Winner of the Sports Award at the SRA's for University of Leeds, assistant producer at talkSPORT and supporter of London's poshest but finest club Fulham.
Emma Seligman
Emma is a London based sports journalist who specialises in cricket. An optimistic Nottingham Forest fan, she also covers football with a particular focus on the women’s game. She is always keen to explore different sports, with the aim of uncovering compelling stories both on and off the field.
emma.seligman@outlook.com
Ishan Shah
Ishan is a sports journalist specialising in producing podcasts and video content. Interested in covering football and cricket among other sports, Ishan aims to bring fans closer to the teams and athletes they love through impactful storytelling and engaging interviews.
Alisha Singh
Alisha Singh is a highly talented sports broadcaster with a passion for snooker and now a valuable asset to the snooker community. She is a role model for young people, and an advocate for women in sport who is keen to encourage more women to get into sports, in particular snooker broadcasting and journalism. Follow Alisha's journey on @alishasinghtv.
Rosie Tinbergen
Rosie Tinbergen is a sports journalist that specialises in athletics and football commentary. With extensive time spent participating within athletics, Rosie reached a national level as an endurance runner and now aspires to further her knowledge and experience within sports journalism and academia.
@rosietinbergen
rosietinbergen@hotmail.com
Tanish Dinesh Tiwari
Tanish is a driven sports journalist who worked for Manchester City and Goal.com. Apart from football, he retains a keen interest in cricket, cue sports, motorsports and mixed martial arts.
Oscar Tyrrell
Oscar is a proficient Journalist who has a keen interest in Rugby Union. He is currently working for Harlequins Women in the Communications & Digital team.
Joaquin Vial Prieto
Joaquín is a Chilean sports journalist living in London. With experience at TV stations, he’s all about European, International football and tennis, also he loves learning about every sport. Joaquín also watches over the international improvement of Chilean football. His passion for sports and drive to grow define his journalism career.