A Footballer Whose Commitment Runs Deep…

A Footballer Whose Commitment Runs Deep…

On Monday 11 January 2016, the whole world of football was focussed on Zurich, where the official FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala was held. Lionel Messi won the main award, attracting a flurry of attention from media and social networks. But a little earlier in the evening,...
A Footballer Whose Commitment Runs Deep…

The year of refugees

News topics often influence scheduled events in the calendar year. The Olympic year of 2016 will also be the year of refugees. Not just in Europe, where hundreds of thousands of migrants have sought asylum over the last months, but all over the world. Sport is no...
A Footballer Whose Commitment Runs Deep…

2016: an Olympic Truce year

As we’ve just entered 2016, the international sports movement has already set its eyes on Rio for this summer’s Olympic Games. Six months before, it’s in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer that the Olympic flame will burn as the city hosts the second edition of the...
A Footballer Whose Commitment Runs Deep…

Let’s continue driving change

Creating dialogue and raising more public awareness: this is the goal that we set ourselves with the launch of the Peace and Sport Watch in April 2015. The peace through sport movement is constantly growing. Thanks to the efforts of so many over the past years, more...
A Footballer Whose Commitment Runs Deep…

Time to act

Looking back on the 8th edition of the Peace and Sport International Forum, I now understand why I was convinced that our gathering was the best possible response we could provide to recent attacks around the globe. Although, as with every year, our discussions and...