Sean Ingle is a British sports journalist. He is currently the chief sports reporter and columnist for ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was previously the newspaper's athletics correspondent and online sports editor.

Early life and education

Ingle was born in

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, UK. He was educated at Luton Sixth Form College before graduating from the

University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = P ...

with a first-class degree in Political Science and Government in 1997.

Career

Ingle began his career in journalism as a sports writer for ''EMAP'' in 1998. He joined ''The Guardian'' a year and a half later in the same capacity until he was promoted to deputy sports editor and then sports editor of the website in 2004. He also launched the popular podcast Football Weekly, which was nominated for a

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. Ingle was posted to Germany to cover the

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for ''The Guardian''. In

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, while at a restaurant with colleague Jonathan Wilson, he was bitten on the

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by a

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; the dog bit him so hard that he bled. He remained as the sports editor of the website until after the 2012 Olympics in London, when he was named a senior sports writer and Athletics Correspondent, as he returned to full-time reporting duties for ''The Guardian'', ''Observer'' and the website. He also began writing a weekly column on issues in sport. Ingle has broken several high-profile stories, including the revelation that four-time

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winner

Chris Froome Christopher Clive Froome ɹɪs fɹuːm (born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan/British road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one ...

failed a doping test during the

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road race in September 2017. His report, co-authored with Martha Kelner, won Scoop of the Year at the 2017

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. He was named Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the 2016 and 2017

References

External links

Sean Ingle on Twitter
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