Mail titles lead sports journalism awards shortlist

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The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday are leading the shortlist for this year's British Sports Journalism Awards, with 13 nominations between them.

The awards, organised by the Sports Journalists' Association, recognise the best in UK sports reporting, interviewing, feature-writing, broadcasting and photography.

The Mail will go up against the Times, Guardian and Telegraph for the title of sports newspaper of the year.

Getty Images scores highly in the photography categories, with 11 nominations. Former England cricket captain Michael Atherton picked up three nominations for his work at the Times and Sky: sports broadcaster of the year, sports columnist and specialist correspondent.

The British Sports Journalism Awards ceremony takes place in London on Monday March 7. See the Sports Journalists' Association website for more details. Here is the shortlist in full:

Sports News Reporter:

Neil Ashton (News of the World), Rob Draper (Mail on Sunday), Paul Kelso (Daily Telegraph), Simon Mullock (Sunday Mirror), Mark Souster (Times), Martyn Ziegler (Press Association).

Sports Columnist:

Michael Atherton (Times), Patrick Collins (Mail on Sunday), Paul Hayward (Guardian), Oliver Holt (Daily Mirror), Martin Samuel (Daily Mail), Matthew Syed (Freelance).

Specialist Correspondent:

Michael Atherton (Times), Scyld Berry (Sunday Telegraph), Derek Lawrenson (Daily Mail), Ian Ridley (Freelance), Mike Selvey (Guardian), Henry Winter (Daily Telegraph).

Sports Feature Writer:

Paul Hayward (Guardian and Observer), Anna Kessel (Guardian), James Lawton (Independent), Martin Samuel (Daily Mail), Owen Slot (Times), Matthew Syed (Times).

Sports Interviewer:

Oliver Brown (Daily Telegraph), Malcolm Folley (Mail on Sunday), Donald McRae (Guardian), Brough Scott (Racing Post), Peter Thomas (Racing Post), Jim White (Daily Telegraph).

Sports Scoop:

Harry Harris (ESPN), David Maddock (Daily Mirror), Mazher Mahmood (News of the World), David McDonnell (Daily Mirror), Steve James and Scyld Berry (Sunday Telegraph), Martyn Ziegler (Press Association).

Young Sports Writer:

Riath Al-Samarrai (Freelance), Oliver Brown (Daily Telegraph), Andy Bull (Guardian), John Dennen (Boxing News and Fighting Fit), Alex Kay (Daily Mail), Laura Williamson (Daily Mail).

Regional Writer:

Matthew Beard (Evening Standard), Phillip Buckingham (Hull Daily Mail), Jon Colman (Cumbrian Newspapers), Amanda Little (News&Star/Cumberland News), Delme Parfitt (Media Wales), Martin Smith (The Star, Sheffield).

Internet Sports Writer:

Lawrence Booth (DailyMail.co.uk), Andy Bull (Guardian.co.uk), Tom Fordyce (BBC Sport Interactive), Nick Harris (Sportingintelligence.com), Jonathan Liew (Telegraph.co.uk), Ian McNeilly (Box Rec News).

Betting Writer:

David Ashforth (Racing Post), Ed Hawkins (Freelance), Derek McGovern (Daily Mirror), Steve Palmer (Racing Post), Kevin Pullein (Racing Post), Greg Wood (Guardian).

Sports Broadcaster:

Michael Atherton (Sky), Jake Humphrey (BBC), Mark Saggers (Talksport), Nasser Hussain (Sky), Jonathan Overend (BBC Radio), Ray Stubbs (ESPN).

TV Programme:

Ryder Cup (Sky), Channel 4 Racing, Formula 1 (BBC), French Open Tennis (Eurosport), Cricket (Sky), Wimbledon (BBC).

Radio Programme:

5Live Sport (BBC), Sports Breakfast (Talksport), Matchday Live (Talksport), Test Match Special (BBC), Ryder Cup (BBC), Wimbledon (BBC).

Sports Picture Portfolio:

Marc Aspland (Times), Shaun Botterill (Getty Images), Laurence Griffiths (Getty Images), Andy Hooper (Daily Mail), Eddie Keogh (Reuters), Jamie McDonald (Getty Images), Carl Recine (Action Images).

Specialist Picture Portfolio:

Carl De Souza (AFP), Mike Hewitt (Getty Images), Clive Mason (Getty Images), Paul Thomas (Freelance), Darren Walsh (Chelsea FC), Edward Whitaker (Racing Post).

Sports Picture:

Julian Finney (Getty Images), John Gichigi (Getty Images), Paul Gilham (Getty Images), Mike Hewitt (Getty Images), Bogdan Maran (Freelance), Mark Pain (Mail on Sunday), Lee Smith (Action Images).

Sports News Picture:

Jason Cairnduff (Action Images), Mike Hewitt (Getty Images), Eddie Keogh (Reuters), Philip Noble (Reuters), Stuart Robinson (Daily Express), Michael Steele (Getty Images).

Cartoonist:

Graham Allen (News of the World), Tony Husband (Times), Kerber & Black (Freelance), Steve O’Brien (Mail on Sunday), Matt Pritchett (Daily Telegraph), Paul Trevillion (Guardian and Observer).

Sports Newspaper of the Year:

The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times