SPORTSMAIL ARE NOMINATED FOR 13 JOURNALISM AWARDS

SportSmail has received 13 nominations for the prestigious Sports Journalists’ association awards. Chief Sports reporter MATT

LAWTON has been nominated for Sports Scoop of the year after breaking the news that Claudio ranieri had been sacked as leicester manager. lawton will also have the chance to retain his crown as Sports News reporter of the Year. Daily mail Chief Sports Writer

MARTIN SAMUEL is nominated in the Sports Columnist category while mail on Sunday chief sports writer OLIVER HOLT has been named in both the Sports Columnist and Sports Feature Writer categories. Sportsmail cricket-writing

duo PAUL NEWMAN and

LAWRENCE BOOTH have both been nominated again in the Cricket Journalist category while boxing doyen JEFF POWELL is named in the Specialist Correspondent category.

Both ADAM CRAFTON and AMITAI WINEHOUSE have been nominated for the Young Sports Writer award, a trophy which is named after legendary mail writer ian Wooldridge, while MAILONLINE has been nominated in the Sports Website category.

ROB DRAPER and NICK HARRIS have been jointly nominated for investigative Sports reporter of the Year while IAN HERBERT is also up for the Sports News reporter gong. the sports industry oscars take place in london on monday February 26.