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Eurosport wins award

Eurosport has scooped one of the top awards at the Sport Movies & TV Festival in Italy.

The broadcaster won the Guirlande d’Honneur for topping the best documentary category for its ‘Zatopek an Olympic Legend’ – part of its Olympic Magazine series of programmes.

It also won an honourable mention in the new media category for its website – Eurosport.com.

Organised by the Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs, the Sport Movies & TV Festival hands out prizes every year to personalities from the fields of TV, cinema and journalism which have played a significant role in promoting sports and the cultural and ethical values of sport.