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The Olympic truce travels along with the Olympic flame

  • 16 May 12 |
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The "Imagine Peace" educational program of the International Olympic Truce Center travels in schools of Greek cities along with Olympic flame and introduces the ideas of the Olympic Truce to students. Read more

Sport offers a distraction amidst scenes of violence in Karachi

  • 16 May 12 |
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Sports tournaments have been cancelled, since the violence, leaving students and sport enthusiasts needing to find alternative activities. For some, sport had created a distraction, for others, ... Read more

Sport promoting health and inclusion in Ankaful Prison in Ghana

  • 15 May 12 |
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On 12 May ACRO Ghana in collaboration with Youth Development through Sports (YDS) organised a sports and recreational event within the prison yard, seeking to promote health and prevent violence ... Read more

Uganda Disability Sport Summit leads to national action plan

  • 15 May 12 |
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On April 16, 2012, over 40 representatives of schools, NGOs, sports organisations and the Uganda Paralympic Committee joined together at a national Uganda Disability Sport Summit to discuss how to ... Read more

Major League Baseball partners with Natural Resources Defence Council to raise environmental awareness

  • 15 May 12 |
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The 'Greening the Games' initiative from the USA Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) aims to partner with major sports organisations to help develop frameworks and tracking systems for sports ... Read more

Ready and Able partners with the University of Trinidad and Tobago Adapted PE Class

  • 15 May 12 |
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UTT Adapted PE Student leads the warm up with students from Lady Hochoy Home, Gasparillo
The Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education’s (TTASPE) Ready and Able Program in collaboration with the University of Trinidad & Tobago facilitated two special schools which ... Read more

UEFA launch ‘Only A Game?’ exhibition, ‘social fair play’ lectures and a fans trophy

  • 14 May 12 |
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The Wroclaw Contemporary Museum is host to the UEFA ‘Only A Game?’ exhibition and ‘social fair play’ lectures until the end of the 2012 European Championships. UEFA is also supporting the FSE ... Read more

Zulu surf film to inspire new South African audience

  • 14 May 12 |
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The film is released in South African cinemas today
South African film, Otelo Burning, is the first ever Zulu language surf film, which uses surfing as a metaphor for the struggles of those living in townships during apartheid and the freedom of ... Read more

New video:FC Barcelona and UNICEF strengthen their partnership for children

  • 14 May 12 |
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On 10 May in an event at the stadium of Barcelona FC, the FC Barcelona Foundation and UNICEF renewed their promise to improve the lives of millions of children through sport and education Read more

The media needs to react to the growing interest in women's sport

  • 14 May 12 |
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MEP, Emine Bozkurt, opens the Sport and Citizenship media roundtable
Europe’s first think tank in the field of sport, Sport and Citizenship, launches the first workshop to discuss women in sport in the media, with a media-roundtable, hosted at the UEFA headquarters, ... Read more

 

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