 Veteran sports journalist Lewis Portelli passed away on Thursday at the age of 76. Lewis Portelli spent around fifty years in journalism and sports broadcasting.
He was a producer and presenter on radio and television. Portelli travelled extensively covering international events and interviewing world top sports personalities and administrators.
Lewis Portelli, who was the co-founder of the Sportswriters Association and Founder of the Sportsmanship Trophy - Malta, wrote several books dealing with the World Cup, the Olympic Games and the Games of the Small States of Europe and was the editor of The Football Year Book - Malta.
In 1993, Lewis Portelli was decorated with the Midalja ghall-Qadi tar-Repubblika for his contribution to sport. In 2005, he was included in the MOC Hall of Fame.
He won the Malta Press Club sports journalist Award in 2001.
Portelli was a volunteer at the Dar Tal-Providenza and in 1997, he was given the "Premju Mons. Azzopardi" for his voluntary work.
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