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To mark International Women’s Day, Champion for Peace Jean-François Tordo supported by Peace and Sport is organizing an international rugby tournament on 17 March , giving young Malagasy people the opportunity to play against teams from France, the United...
WHAT IS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 6TH ? April6 was declared the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 with the support of the International Olympic Committee, and has been celebrated each year ever since...
Peace and Sport, the politically-neutral organization dedicated to promoting sport as a tool for peace, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) this weekend united the joint North-South Korea women’s hockey team for a symbolic #WhiteCard photo during...
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games will celebrate peace. The opening ceremony will see the North and South Korean athletes parade together behind the flag of unified Korea. In this perspective, Peace and Sport will bring its message through the voice of its...
Adrien Mare, rally driver and Champion for Peace, finished his first-ever Dakar rally this Saturday wearing Peace and Sport’s colours In September 2017 Adrien became a Champion for Peace, joining 100 other athletes who are invested to promote sport as a tool for...
Monaco, Sunday 14th January 2018. The curtain fell on the 9th Monaco Optimist Team Race organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco with support from FxPro, Eventica, Fon and clothing supplier SLAM. For YCM General Secretary, Bernard d’Alessandri, it was an event “that...
Monaco – 8th December 2017 The 2017 Peace and Sport International Forum closed today with a landmark meeting of global sports ministers, after three days of insight, knowledge sharing and meaningful discussion. The diplomatic roundtable saw ministers from more than 15...
Monaco – 7th December 2017 Former Afghanistan national women’s team captain, Khalida Popal, has been named the Champion of the Year at the 2017 Peace and Sport Awards, following her lifelong journey to use sport as a tool for peace in her war-torn home nation....
Organisation also joins with Jordanian National Olympic Committee New Champion for Peace Didier Drogba welcomes delegates as peace-through-sport gathering begins Monaco – 6th December 2017 Peace and Sport has today unveiled two major partnerships, with Professor...
More than 40 Champions for Peace representing 23 countries and 20 different sports joined together with Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, to review the numerous actions carried out over the past year and talk about their projects alongside the...
Led by Taekwondo Olympic Champion and Champion for Peace, Marlene Harnois, the Caravan for Peace traveled across Senegal to meet children, families and associations to promote the values of solidarity through sport, to inspire youth and provide support to areas...
Spanish football star Juan Mata is among the high-profile nominees for the 2017 Peace and Sport Awards, after voting closed on the Champion of the Year category. Mata, a UEFA Champions League winner with Chelsea and FIFA World Cup winner with Spain, is nominated in...