<span style="color: #222222;">Today is World Sports Journalists Day which is also known as International Sports Journalists Day. It is celebrated every year on 2nd of July. The day is observed to honour all sports journalists around the world and also brings awareness about the sports journalism to the common people.<br />”<br />”AIR correspondent reports, Sports journalism developed during the 19th century, but was centered on elitist sports and was more focused on reporting the social context of sports events. In the 1920s, the profession began to take shape as newspapers dedicated more time and space to sports journalism.<br />”<br />”World Sports Journalist Day was first observed in 1994 when the International Sports Press Association decided to commemorate it in honours of its 70th Anniversary.<br />”<br />”The 20th century witnessed a massive boom in the popularity of sports journalism. In 1880, only 0.4 percent of space was dedicated to sports in newspapers.<br />”<br />”This figure rose to 20 percent by the 1920s, as newspapers began hiring reporters exclusively for sports coverage. Today, sports journalism utilizes not only print media but also radio and television along with social media and the Internet.</span><br />