by Peace and Sport | Mar 13, 2019 | Watch
“Football taught me everything. It changed my life. From my first games on the pavements of Abidjan until my last professional match in the United States last November, football has not only opened doors that I would never have dreamed of approaching, it has...
by Peace and Sport | Mar 6, 2019 | Watch
“Being involved in charities has always been a natural thing for me. Even before the end of my Karate career in 2006, I wanted to transmit knowledge. I wanted to show that behind the champion, behind the medal, there is a career, values, and experience to share....
by Peace and Sport | Dec 21, 2018 | Watch
“Sport has been my luck. It has opened doors that I never even dreamed of. I was born in Toulouse, where I discovered football at a very young age, following the footsteps of my older brother. Then my family – originally from Angola who went to live in the...
by Peace and Sport | Sep 20, 2018 | Watch
The date is an important one. For Peace and Sport, the date of 21 September is always written in capital letters, as is 6 April, which marks International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. Of course, the cause of peace and the struggle for a world without...
by Peace and Sport | Sep 3, 2018 | Watch
I’d dare to see it as a sign. Last month, just one week apart, the paradigm of peace through sport spread across continents and generations. It was written in the present, and linked to the future. On Sunday 26 August in Pelambang, Sumatra Island, a unified Korean...
by Peace and Sport | Aug 22, 2018 | Watch
Was I born in the right place at the right time? Am I just lucky? As I look back, I think I can answer these two questions positively. I was born in Czechoslovakia in 1965. My mother was playing on the international tennis circuit and was single finalist at Wimbledon...