The International Sports Press Association

The first time a considerable number of sports journalists gathered together at a major sporting event in the 20th century was the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920. The need and idea to unite the world’s sports journalists was first born there. The first statutes of AIPS mentions among the aims of the Association the following:

• to enhance the cooperation between its member associations in defending sport and the professional interest of their members.
• to strengthen the friendship, solidarity and common interests between sports journalists of all countries.
• to assure the best possible working conditions for the members.

One of the values of the AIPS lies in its human factor, which they inherited from their forerunners. They are here to keep this flame burning. To quote former AIPS President Frank Taylor on AIPS 75 years’ anniversary: “The AIPS knows no frontiers. Their members are living proof that the services they perform for all sports in all countries are just as important in promoting GOODWILL among the nations as athletes do on the fields on sport”.  The international sports media - and AIPS as such - is just a part of the huge power of the global media. If the sports media is ‘the looking glass’, the AIPS dares to be ‘the hand’ moving the looking glass. Having a word to say in the matter of reporting the sporting events. Within the limits of their possibilities and using the best of their knowledge they can make this view fair, impartial and professional.

The World Golf Awards is the opportunity for the world’s sports journalists to recognise and acknowledge sporting excellence, ‘fairly, impartially and professionally’.

We are proud to work with AIPS members to pay tribute to the great sportsmen and women of the day.