- 2007: Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards
- 2010: Press Award at the One World Media Awards
- 2010: Amnesty International Media Award
- 2011: Amnesty International Media Award
- 2011: Sports Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Awards
- 2013: Writer of the Year at the PPA Awards
- 2014: Selected for the Prix Bayeux for war correspondents
- 2014: Amnesty International Media Award
- 2014: Feature Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Awards
- 2014: Journalist of the Year, Foreign Press Association Awards
- 2016: Cross Sports Book Awards: New Writer, for Two Hours
- 2017: Financial/Economic Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Awards
- 2021: Telegraph Sports Book Award for The Moth and the Mountain
- 2021: Print/Web Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Awards