Football Beyond Borders are using the World Cup as inspiration for a series of projects that will support young people at risk of exclusion from school. The education charity works with more than 400 young people per week across 24 projects ...
Footballing organisations in the UK are keeping up the pressure to combat discrimination through a range of strategies allowing players from all walks of life to feel welcome on the pitch. ...
The Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE) planned to launch the ‘Football For All’ Leadership Programme. It has been developed with other partners across Europe and will be conducted by the Integrated ...
After escaping violence and discrimination back home, a group of young men is building a home together in Mexico — and putting their talent to the test. High up on the plains near Mexico’s iconic Popocatepetl Volcano, Theo, a Honduran migrant, ...
On a sunny Thursday afternoon in Berlin, the sound of children’s laughter reached to the rafters at Tempelhof, the historic former airport of West Berlin. They had gathered there for an afternoon of play to mark the official launch of Berlin ...
“This is a man’s world, this is a man’s world. But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” These lyrics from legendary singer James Brown seem the perfect fit for the current generation of female referees, with ...
Red Bulls general manager Marc de Grandpre was so committed to making sure young fans with autism and their families were welcomed to the team’s matches that he gave up his office. Inspired by his 10-year-old daughter Julia, who is on ...
Football can empower women, promote gender equality and challenge stereotypes – the view put forward by UEFA’s head of women’s football Nadine Kessler at a European Parliament conference in Brussels. How women can be empowered through sport was the main theme of a ...
Mutwakil Muhammad Ali beams, resplendent in Middlesbrough’s bright-red home kit. “They are giving me everything – shoes, clothes, support. I don’t know how to thank them for what they have done for me.” A refugee who fled Sudan’s civil war in ...
There’s a reason soccer is the most watched and played sport in the world. With straightforward rules, an embrace of players that come in all shapes and sizes, and an ability to play anywhere (without much equipment), it’s a comparably ...
