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Philip O'Connor

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Covers:  Sports, politics, media, entertainment, general news
Love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night. Journalist covering sport/politics/everything, everywhere. @philipeblana on Insta & Threads

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Freelance multimedia journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden, working everywhere, coverings sport and general news for some of the world's biggest media outlets.

Philip O'Connor’s Journalist Portfolio

Photographer collects fingernails to replace rhino horns in medicine

Photographer collects fingernails to replace rhino horns in medicine

'Rhinos, they are killed for nothing. It's a meaningless extinction': Swedish photographer Bjorn Persson is c…

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Bryant: Zlatan kommer uträtta stora saker

Bryant: Zlatan kommer uträtta stora saker

LOS ANGELES. Kobe Bryant saknar Zlatan Ibrahimovic, som har lämnat Major League Soccer för Serie A. Men då ba…

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McGregor makes fast work of Cerrone on UFC return

McGregor makes fast work of Cerrone on UFC return

Former two-division champion Conor McGregor returned to the Octagon with a stunning knockout of Donald Cerron…

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ABBA's Bjorn sends Sweden's students SOS on fake news

ABBA's Bjorn sends Sweden's students SOS on fake news

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus has gifted books to high school students across Sweden to try to stem the flow of fake n…

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McCourt Set to Kick-Start New Irish MMA Era in Dublin

McCourt Set to Kick-Start New Irish MMA Era in Dublin

Mixed martial artist Leah McCourt is relishing the chance to headline Bellator's Dublin card at the Three Are…

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Articles

Soccer-Espanyol thump Levante, Santander held by Villarreal on opening LaLiga weekend

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Espanyol thump Levante, Santander held by Villarreal on opening LaLiga weekend Original

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Aug 16 (Reuters) - Espanyol striker Roberto Fernandez netted two first-half goals as his side cruised to ​a comfortable 3-0 home win over Levante on ‌Sunday as the opening weekend of Spain's LaLiga continued. The 24-year-old bundled the ball over the line in the fifth ​minute after the visitors failed to clear ​a free kick and doubled the advantage with ⁠another poacher's finish from a Javier Hernandez pass ​five minutes before the break.
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Mixed martial arts - Makhachev edges Garry to retain UFC welterweight title

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By Philip O'Connor Aug 16 (Reuters) - Russia's Islam Makhachev used his dominant grappling to earn a unanimous decision win over Ian Machado Garry to retain his UFC welterweight title in a tight, tense five-round battle in the main event of UFC 330 in Philadelphia in the early hours of Sunday.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for blogs, websites and fanzines for free about soccer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, and I don't miss it one bit.

How is social media changing news?

It's not, but it is changing how we report it.

Awards

Lars-Gunnar Björklund Stipendium

2020 - Sports

Awarded for work on availability and accessibility of athletes and the positive effects for them, for journalists and for media consumers.

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