Could this 26 year old marathon runner from Kenya be sport’s breakthrough of...
Tweet At the Berlin Marathon last weekend, Patrick Makau, the 26 year old Kenyan long distance runner, achieved two things most marathon runners can only dream of doing in an entire career. One of...
View ArticleFrom across the divide: Young Greek and Turkish Cypriots at Laureus-supported...
Tweet The sight of a group of kids enjoying some food in the sun, listening to music and playing a bit of basketball isn’t such an unusual sight. But when you realise that the group consists of 100...
View ArticleWhose is the greatest achievement: Vettel’s or Red Bull Racing’s?
Tweet With four races still remaining in this year’s Formula One season, all it took was third place at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix for Sebastian Vettel to clinch the world championship once...
View ArticleHow a Laureus-supported basketball project is turning old enemies into friends…
Tweet “There is no other context quite like this one; it’s hard to understand without living it.” These are the words of Karen Doubilet as she told the Laureus blog about the remarkable PeacePlayers...
View ArticleSean Fitzpatrick Guest Blog: ‘Sometimes the punishment doesn’t fit the crime…”
Tweet BY SEAN FITZPATRICK Laureus Academy Member and legendary All Blacks captain The relief around New Zealand is amazing after the semi-final victory over Australia in the Rugby World Cup. Most...
View ArticleChance of a lifetime trip to England for young Soweto rugby coach
Tweet If there is one lasting memory of this year’s Rugby World Cup, it is how sport really can bring joy to people after they have suffered terrible pain. This was the case for an entire nation...
View ArticleSean Fitzpatrick opens Laureus summit with Haka lesson
Tweet “It’s taken quite a few years… but it’s happening.” Opening the Laureus Sport for Good Summit in the heart of London, Edwin Moses addressed the excited audience to express how long he had looked...
View ArticleLegendary gymnast takes boxing lesson from world champion middleweight at...
Tweet Have you ever seen an Olympic gymnast take a boxing lesson from an undisputed world boxing champion? Well, this was precisely what happened today at the Laureus Sport for Good Global Summit when...
View ArticleLaureus Ambassador wins world championship & could a former Laureus Award...
Tweet Layne Beachley has made an unbelievable return to international surfing by winning the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in El Salvador. Returning to competition after a three year...
View ArticleHow a Laureus Comeback Award Winner is making a new return all over again…
Tweet Back at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Award, it was the inspiring Alessandro Zanardi’s remarkable courage that won him the Comeback of the Year Award. This was following his return to motor...
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