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SEVE BALLESTEROS 05
December 2011
TRACK
ACADEMY
SEVE BALLESTEROS
Olympians Steve Redgrave,
Michael Johnson & Sebastian
Coe inspire youngsters in
Willesden, North London.
reality for 10 sports-mad youngsters.
A tribute to one of golf’s greatest legends.
HONG KONG - SOWETO KIDS
he ultimate sporting dream becomes
T
LAUREUS WORLD
SPORTS AWARDS
EDWIN VAN DER SAR’S
TESTIMONIAL
Raises funds for the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation.
INDIGENOUS SPORTS,
AUSTRALIA
Ian Botham, Dawn Fraser and
Steve Waugh down under.
Abu Dhabi 2011.
www.sportforgood.org
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CONTENTS 05
01
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
by edwin moSeS
Welcome to the December 2011 edition
of the Laureus Magazine. I hope you will look
on this as a window into the world of Laureus.
As you turn the pages, you will see how
the work of Laureus now reaches 34
countries and has embraced more than
one-and-a-half million young people.
1.5
MILLION
YOUNG PeOPLe IN 34
cOUNTrIeS HAVe beeN
HeLPeD bY LAUreUS
These are impressive numbers, but we
never lose sight of the fact that every
child we help is an individual. As my
fellow Laureus Academy Member Nawal
El Moutawakel, now an influential force
for good in the Olympic movement,
says “you can’t change the world
overnight, but you can change the
world one playing field at a time, one
child at a time.”
In these pages you can travel to Hong
Kong to meet young people from Soweto
on the trip of a lifetime whose lives are
being transformed by rugby; to Sri Lanka
where Laureus is using sport to rebuild a
community in the aftermath of civil war;
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and to India where a polio victim is on
the verge of competing in the 2012
Paralympic Games.
A tribute
fromLaureuS
Laureus worLd SportS aCademy
to Sri
memberS
of tHe
I hope you enjoy this magazine which
gives a small snapshot of what we do,
but none of this would be possible
without the work of our Academy
Members and project leaders around
the world and without the support of
our Founding Patrons, Richemont
and Daimler, and Global Partners,
Mercedes-Benz, IWC Schaffhausen and
Vodafone. I thank them all most sincerely.
Boris New
Becker
(Vice-Chairperson)
Tennis, Peter Blake (in fond memory) Sailing, Ian Botham Cricket, Sergey Bubka Athletics, Bobby Charlton
Laureus
World Sports
Foundation of Goodness project
Academy
Member
Football,
Sebastian
Coe Athletics, Nadia Comaneci Gymnastics, Yaping Deng Table tennis, Marcel Desailly Football, Kapil Dev Cricket,
38 LaureuS poLo Cup
16 Emerson
projeCt
viSit
to Racing, Sean Fitzpatrick
Mick Doohan Motorcycling, David Douillet Judo,
Fittipaldi
Motor
Rugby,
Fraser Swimming,
Guards
PoloDawn
Club, Windsor
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figHt forParalympic
peaCeAthletics, Marvelous Marvin Hagler Boxing, Mika Häkkinen
Cathy Freeman Athletics, Tanni Grey-Thompson (Vice-Chairperson)
New Laureus World Sports
HawkMiguel
makes Indurain
a dash across
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edwinAthletics,
van der
SarAthletics,
Motor Racing, Tony Hawk Skateboarding, Mike Horn Tony
Adventurer,
Cycling, Michael
Kip Keino
Academy Member
London
to visit children
in Newham
Testimonial
Franz Klammer Skiing, Dan Marino American Football,
John McEnroe
Tennis, Edwin
Moses (Chairperson)
Athletics, Nawal El Moutawakel
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Athletics,
Robby Naish
Windsurfing/Kiteboarding,18
Ilie Nastase
Tennis,viSit
Martina Navratilova Tennis,42
Alexey
NemovaCademy
Gymnastics, Jack Nicklaus
projeCt
traCk
to Player
Sydney
Golf, Gary
Golf, Morné du Plessis Rugby, Hugoto
Porta
Rugby,
Steve
Redgrave
Rowing,
Vivian
Richards
Cricket,
Seles
Tennis,
Steve Redgrave,Monica
Sebastian
Coe
&
Haiti
Laureus Academy
Members
Bill Shoemaker
(in fond memory)
Horseracing, Mark Spitz
Swimming,
Daleythe
Thompson Athletics, Alberto
TombaJohnson
Skiing, Steve
Waugh
Cricket,
Michael
inspire
youngsters
Boris
Becker visits
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Indigenous
Katarina
Skating.Sports
in Willesden, North London
devastated island.
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gLobaL partner newS
34 Vodafone
Ian Botham & Michael Vaughan
35 Mercedes-Benz
Giacomo
Agostini
Motorcycling, Marcus Allen American Football, Severiano Ballesteros (in fond memory) Golf, Franz Beckenbauer Football,
04 miCk
dooHan
visit the Laureus supported
36 IWC Schaffhausen
Programme in Australia
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The ultimate sporting dream
becomes reality for 10
sports-mad youngsters
edwin moses
Chairman Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
Hong kong Soweto kidS
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Sport for
good Summit
Over 100 Laureus members
meet to share their knowledge
Giacomo Agostini Motorcycling, Marcus Allen American Football, Severiano Ballesteros Golf (in fond memory), Franz Beckenbauer
Football, Boris Becker Tennis, Peter Blake Sailing (in fond memory), Ian Botham Cricket, Sergey Bubka Athletics, Bobby Charlton
Football, Sebastian Coe Athletics, Nadia Comaneci Gymnastics, Yaping Deng Table tennis, Marcel Desailly Football, Kapil Dev Cricket,
Mick Doohan Motorcycling, David Douillet Judo, Emerson Fittipaldi Motor Racing, Sean Fitzpatrick Rugby, Dawn Fraser Swimming,
Cathy Freeman Athletics, Tanni Grey-Thompson Paralympic Athletics, Marvelous Marvin Hagler Boxing, Mika Häkkinen Motor
Racing, Tony Hawk Skateboarding, Mike Horn Adventurer, Miguel Indurain Cycling, Michael Johnson Athletics, Kip Keino Athletics,
Franz Klammer Skiing, Dan Marino American Football, John McEnroe Tennis, Edwin Moses Athletics, Nawal El Moutawakel Athletics,
Robby Naish Windsurfing/Kiteboarding, Ilie Nastase Tennis, Martina Navratilova Tennis, Alexey Nemov Gymnastics, Jack Nicklaus Golf,
Gary Player Golf, Morné du Plessis Rugby, Hugo Porta Rugby, Steve Redgrave Rowing, Vivian Richards Cricket, Monica Seles Tennis,
Bill Shoemaker Horseracing (in fond memory), Mark Spitz Swimming, Daley Thompson Athletics, Alberto Tomba Skiing, Steve Waugh Cricket,
Katarina Witt Figure Skating.
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projeCt viSit
Lanka
22 rafaeL nadaL
Laureus World Sportsman
of the Year 2011
24 LaureuS worLd
SportS awardS
Abu Dhabi 2011
32 a foundation
SuCCeSS Story
Janak Singh prepares for
the Paralympics
44 teenage kiCkS
A Laureus commisioned report on
the economic impact of sport to
tackle gang violence
46 foundation map
Highlighting all 91 projects that
Laureus support across the world
48 foundation direCtory
49 get invoLved
Fundraise for the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation
you can’t change the world
overnight, but you can change
the world one playing field at a
time, one child at a time
memberS of tHe LaureuS worLd SportS aCademy
www.laureus.com
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AcADemY member NAWAL eL mOUTAWAKeL
meeT NeW AcADemY member
mIcK DOOHAN ON PAGe 4
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SPORT FOR GOOD
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SEVE
BALLESTEROS
Seve was an enthusiastic supporter of
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation,
particularly in his native Spain over the
last few years. He was looking forward
to playing an even bigger part in its
work when he was taken ill.
a tribute from LaureuS
Laureus World Sports Academy
Chairman Edwin Moses said: “It is cruel
to think that we have lost him at such
an early age. He was no longer the
championship golfer, but in many ways
he was in his prime as a man and he
was a pleasure to be with.
To sports lovers all over the world, he was
known simply as Seve. It was, and still is, a
name that conjures up an image in our minds
of bravado, passion, the refusal to give in and
the unfailing ability to pluck triumph out of
seeming disaster.
He did not win the most major
championships, he would never have
topped any of the statistical tables so
in vogue today, he could be erratic,
but rarely has a more popular player
and naturally talented player than Seve
walked the fairways of the world. Even
towards the end of his golfing career,
when his best days were over, he was still
the man everyone wanted to cheer for.
When the 2011 Open Championship in
July wanted to mark his passing, they
hit upon a simple silhouette of a golfer
pumping his right hand, fist clenched, as
he had done so many times in victory.
The image was unmistakeably Seve.
Fellow Laureus Academy Members Jack
Nicklaus and Gary Player shared the
sense of loss. Nicklaus, golf’s greatest
ever player, said:
Golf has lost a
great champion
and a great
friend. We have
also lost a great
entertainer and
ambassador for
our sport
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I have always had wonderful respect for
Seve’s ability, how he played the game
and the flare he brought to the sport while
achieving the success he did. No matter
the golf that particular day, you always
knew you were going to be entertained.
Seve’s enthusiasm was just unmatched
by anybody, I think, that ever played
the game.”
Gary Player, like Nicklaus, one of just
five men to win all of golf’s major
championships, added: “Seve was a
special man whom I loved like a son. He
had a wonderful heart and a zest for life
and that is what made him so special.
It is difficult to put into words just how
much I admired and respected him. As a
golfer he was so much fun to watch and
play with. He played golf much the same
way he lived his life; with a real love for
the game and so much enthusiasm. He
believed that no matter where he hit the
ball he could always get up and down.
He was not what we might consider a
great strategist on the course, but for him
that didn’t matter. He played to win and
played ‘his’ game, not the game others
thought he should play.”
You can tell true greatness
when someone is recognised
everywhere he goes. And that
was true of Seve. When you
were with him, people always
wanted to come over and shake
his hand. He was a sportsman who
seemed to transcend the generations.”
He won the Open Championship three
times and The Masters twice, but
perhaps his greatest contribution to his
sport was the role he played in the
re-emergence of European golf and the
creation of the Ryder Cup as a massive
global event. Seve was a formidable
opponent and he played a key role in
creating and playing in the European
Ryder Cup team which competes
bi-annually against the United States.
One of his proudest moments was as
captain of the European team which won
at Valderrama in 1997 in his native Spain.
“Seve was the biggest reason for the
re-emergence of Europe as a worldpower in golf during the 1980’s, a trend
that has continued ever since,” said Gary
Player. “He was one of those players
that everyone would root for and Europe
needed someone with his charisma
and skills to get the fans interested in
the game again. If you look back on our
sport you find that kind of person in each
generation; Hogan, Nicklaus, Woods.
Seve was a transcendent player and
personality.”
A view echoed by Jack Nicklaus. “He
was probably the most passionate Ryder
Cup player that we’ve ever had. I think
his teammates always rallied around
him and that passion of his. He was
Europe’s emotional and spiritual leader,
the heart and soul of their team. The
Ryder Cup was something that was very,
very special to Seve. And Seve was very
special to us.”
This was as true of the giants of the
sports world who gather each year at
the Laureus World Sports Awards as it
was of the enthusiasts in the galleries
who lined the fairways as he walked by.
As Gary Player said: “I always found it
amazing that every year 50 or so of the
world’s finest athletes would gather for
the Laureus Awards and in the midst of
such greatness every athlete wanted to
meet Seve. He was so charismatic and
so engaging that he just drew people
to him. And the best part of it was that
everyone who met him said the same
thing: ‘What a nice man’.”
GOLFING
GENIUS
Seve’s enthusiasm was just
unmatched by anybody, I think,
that ever played the game
AcADemY member JAcK NIcKLAUS
www.sportforgood.org
SPORT FOR GOOD
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MICK
DOOHAN
new LaureuS worLd SportS aCademy member
Australia’s Mick Doohan, one of the giants
of motor cycle racing who won five
consecutive 500cc World Championship
titles (now known as MotoGP) between
1994 and 1998, became a member of the
Laureus World Sports Academy in 2011.
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SportS awardS in abu dHabi
DOOhAn AchIEVED 54 grAnD PrIX
VIctOrIES In hIS cArEEr
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I found it a pretty emotional moment
in Abu Dhabi in February when it was
announced that I had been elected to the
Laureus World Sports Academy.
The members of the Academy were all
very welcoming, none more so than
Giacomo Agostini, a true legend in our
sport of motorcycle racing and who I also
admired so much when I was competing.
Obviously everyone in sport knows about
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation,
but it is only when you actually become
part of it that the enormity of what it is
actually hits you.
I found out pretty quickly that the Laureus
Awards weekend was not just about the
Awards. It was a splendid ceremony,
of course, where I enjoyed meeting
many of the winners like Rafael Nadal,
Martin Kaymer and Kelly Slater, but I
was promptly thrown into the reality of
the work of the Foundation, both at the
meetings of the Academy and at various
events in Abu Dhabi.
www.laureus.com
I was particularly taken by a very
impressive presentation on the morning
of the Awards Ceremony, where I heard
that one of the main targets for action by
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
going forward is childhood obesity.
So far in my home country of Australia,
Laureus has concentrated on Indigenous
issues, which are very important of
course, but obesity, I feel, is a timebomb
waiting to explode in the more affluent
countries and I am delighted that Laureus
is going to be making it a priority.
I will certainly be more than happy to do
what I can to support projects that focus
on this issue. Sport is such an obvious
and easy way to tackle this problem that
we should waste no time.
In Sydney, in April, I took part in my
first Laureus project visit and it was a
remarkable day. It was good to be able
to experience so quickly the breadth and
scope of Laureus activity.
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And pretty amazing to see that we could
get together Australian legends like
Dawn Fraser and Cathy Freeman, who
are fellow Academy Members, as well
as current Olympic triathlon champions
Emma Snowsill and Jan Frodeno,
who are also Laureus Ambassadors.
I was knocked out to find that Daley
Thompson, the British double Olympic
decathlon gold medallist, also flew in
from London to be there.
That shows the astounding commitment
that Laureus has to support its projects.
The kids must have been astonished to
see all these amazing names, I certainly
was. As I said at the beginning, it is
moments like that when you realise what
the potential of Laureus is.
I am truly honoured to be recognised
alongside some of the greatest ever
sportsmen and women. Sport has given
me so much, and it is wonderful to now
have the opportunity to make a difference
in other people’s lives through the work of
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
I am truly honoured to
be recognised alongside
some of the greatest
athletes ever
LAUreUS AcADemY member
mIcK DOOHAN
www.sportforgood.org
SPORT FOR GOOD
SEVE
STEVE
BALLESTEROS
REDGRAVE 05
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REDGRAVE
new LaureuS worLd SportS aCademy member
Steve Redgrave, one of the greatest Olympians
of all time, secured his fifth straight rowing
gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney
in 2000. Redgrave also won nine World
Championship titles in his career.
BY STEVE REDGRAVE
It was a great privilege to be invited to be
a member of the Laureus World Sports
Academy this year, though my connection
with Laureus actually began in Monaco in
2001 when I was very honoured to receive
the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award
from Sir Bobby Charlton after the Sydney
Olympics.
I did have my own issues
when I was a youngster
and I found that sport for me
was the way forward
Bobby said some very nice things about
me that evening, which I still remember and
I reminded him about that when we met in
Abu Dhabi in February at the 2011 Laureus
Awards.
LAUreUS AcADemY member
STeVe reDGrAVe
Now, of course, I am a Laureus Academy
Member like him and if I can make the
same contribution that he has to the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation I will
be more than happy.
I have been full of admiration over the last
few years for Bobby’s landmines campaign
which he started after visits, on behalf
of Laureus, to Bosnia and Cambodia.
Bobby has approached this with the same
determination and passion he played
football with. He has talked to scientists
at Manchester and Lancaster Universities,
met specialist metal detection companies
and has even raised the issue at a meeting
in the House of Commons.
That is what I love about the Academy:
they all show the same commitment to the
Laureus Foundation and the desire to help
young people that they did to their sporting
careers.
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1984 AND 2000
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LAUreUS LIFeTIme
AcHIeVemeNT AWArD
Of course, I did not have the same
heart-rending challenges in my early
years as kids in the townships of South
Africa, disabled athletes in China or those
youngsters who have lost limbs in the
leftover minefields of Cambodia, but I
did have my own kinds of issues when I
was a youngster and I found that, for me,
sport was the way forward.
Whenever I meet young people and
talk to them, as I did at my first Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation project visit
at London’s Track Academy in May,
I always tell them this. Not everyone
is going to be an Olympic gold medal
winner, but sport can make a difference
to everyone’s lives.
In 2001 I set up the Steve Redgrave
Fund which over the years has
supported community groups, small
charities and schools in areas of
economic or social deprivation, who
utilise sport and sporting activities to
promote physical and emotional well
being. Like Laureus, we try to use the
power of sport to bring about positive
change and I am really looking forward
to extending this involvement to Laureus.
OLYMPIC
LEGEND
StEVE rEDgrAVE funD
EStABLIShED In 2004
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WOrKED In tOWnShIPS
In SOuth AfrIcA
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WOrKED WIth DISABLED
AthLEtES In chInA &
MInEfIELD VIctMS In cAMBODIA
I am really fortunate to have achieved
some amazing things in my life and,
believe it or not, these do not just centre
on five Olympic gold medals. I am also
tremendously proud of the influence that
my achievements have had on other
people - especially those who would not
normally think about rowing or do not
consider themselves ‘sporty’.
Not everyone is going to be an
Olympic gold medal winner,
but sport can make a difference
to everyone’s lives
LAUreUS AcADemY member
STeVe reDGrAVe
www.laureus.com
SPORT FOR GOOD
www.sportforgood.org
PROJECT VISIT SYDNEY,
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INDIGENOUS
SPORTS
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PROJECT VISIT
SYDNEY
indigenouS SportS programme, auStraLia
The year 2011 is a particularly special one for
Ian Botham. It is the 30th anniversary of his
remarkable tour de force at the Headingley cricket
ground in Leeds, which swung the 1981 Ashes
series to England and overnight turned him into
a national hero.
On that July day, Australia were in control
and looking to take a commanding lead
in the series, but an amazing innings of
149 swung the match and eventually the
series to England.
Last January, in Sydney, in the aftermath
of another England Ashes victory
over Australia, there was a different
anniversary on Ian’s mind, however,
as he joined former England captains
Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood
and Australia’s most successful skipper
Steve Waugh to celebrate the 10th
year of the Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation’s support for the Australian
Sports Commission’s Indigenous Sports
Programme.
Also present, at the appropriately named
Reg Bartley Oval in Rushcutters Bay,
was Australia’s seven-time surfing world
champion Layne Beachley for a day of
sports activities which included traditional
Indigenous games and cricket coaching.
The Australian Sports Commission
(ASC) delivers sports participation
opportunities to remote Indigenous
communities through targeted coaching
and the supply of much needed sports
equipment. Involvement in grassroots
sports by young people from the
Indigenous community is a key objective
of Laureus and the ASC. The Indigenous
Sports Programme aims to increase the
opportunities available to Indigenous
people through sport.
It provides sports activities and health
programmes for communities where
boredom and lack of opportunities can
lead to socially degenerative behaviour.
Sport can also be used effectively to
tackle issues such as truancy and
substance abuse within the indigenous
community.
Ian Botham said at the project visit:
“Our support for the Indigenous Sports
Programme goes back to 2001, when
Laureus had only been around for a year,
so we are all delighted to be here to join
the celebrations. It’s been a very exciting
Ashes Test series, plenty of rivalry, but
Michael Vaughan and myself are really
happy to team up with great Aussies like
Steve Waugh and Layne Beachley to do
what we can to support this important
project. I would especially like to thank
Paul Collingwood who has been so
involved in the Ashes series over the last
few weeks for taking the time to come
and join us today. He is one of those
great sportsmen who understand the
importance of giving something back to
society.”
Laureus Ambassador Layne Beachley
said: “I didn’t get the chance to surf, but
it was good fun playing sport with the
kids and trying to hit a few sixes off the
cricket boys. The Laureus partnership
with the ASC is really delivering the
goods. We had a terrific visit to Jan Juc
two years ago where young Aborigine
kids who have never surfed before are
being given the chance to try it out.”
LaureuS aCademy member dawn fraSer offerS Some adviCe to tHe young projeCt partiCipantS
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A little later in the year, Laureus
Academy Member Cathy Freeman, who
has been an icon for Australian sport
ever since she raced to a gold medal
in that unforgettable green and yellow
body suit in the 400 metres at the 2000
Sydney Olympic Games, took the lead
role at the Waterloo Oval in Sydney
in April - despite being five months
pregnant - as a group of youngsters
took part in a display of traditional
Indigenous games.
“They were just great, it was wonderful
to be here and marvellous to be part
of such a fun day for such important
causes. If I hadn’t been so pregnant, I
would have got up and joined them,”
said Cathy.
Cathy, who is a powerful spokesman
for the Indigenous community and
who has taken a key role in defending
Indigenous rights, was joined by three
fellow Laureus Academy Members –
former world motor cycle champion
Mick Doohan, Olympic swimming
great Dawn Fraser and double
decathlon Olympic gold medallist Daley
Thompson.
Also at the Waterloo Oval were current
Olympic triathlon champions Emma
Snowsill and Jan Frodeno, who were
in Sydney to compete in the 2011
Triathlon ITU World Championship.
Laureus were the global charity partner
of the International Triathlon Union.
LaureuS aCademy member and former
auStraLian CriCket Captain Steve waugH
witH a young batSman
They were just great, it
was wonderful to be here
and marvellous to be part
of such a fun day for
such important causes
LAUreUS AcADemY member
cATHY FreemAN
www.sportforgood.org
SPORT FOR GOOD
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HONG KONG
SOWETO KIDS
tHe uLtimate Sporting dream beComeS reaLity
The ultimate dream became reality for ten
sports-mad youngsters from one of the poorest
townships in South Africa as they were chosen
to fly 7,000 miles across the Indian Ocean to
take part in one of the world’s most prestigious
rugby festivals in Hong Kong.
For the young people from Soweto,
none of whom had ever left South Africa
before, and few of whom had ever
even left their township, it was to be
the experience of a lifetime, but it was
an adventure that very nearly did not
happen. While millions of people take
international travel for granted, when
you live in informal settlements even the
basic requirements of every day life can
be a challenge and the task of getting a
passport became an enormous issue.
For two boys in particular, who are
orphans and have no guardians, it was
touch and go, but they were lucky enough
to find two good-hearted lawyers, who
worked day and night to secure their
passports, which were handed over only
hours before the scheduled departure
time.
So the ten youngsters from the Laureussupported Soweto Schools Rugby
project left Johannesburg to be part of
the Hong Kong 10s Youth Tournament,
part of the annual Hong Kong Sevens
week. Their chance to travel abroad and
demonstrate the rugby skills acquired
from their involvement with the Laureus
supported Soweto Schools Rugby
Project was the idea of 1995 World Cup
winning Springboks manager Morné du
Plessis, the Chairman of Laureus South
Africa, who was in Hong Kong with them.
After a few days training with another
rugby-based Laureus-supported project
in Hong Kong, Operation Breakthrough,
the Soweto boys were thrilled to hear that
they had been invited to attend one of
the training sessions of their heroes, the
South African Springbok Sevens team.
It was difficult to sleep as they imagined
what it was going to be like to meet their
heroes – world class rugby players that
they had only ever seen on television.
tHe youngSterS from Soweto enjoyed a
training SeSSion witH LaureuS aCademy
member morné du pLeSSiS and tHe SoutH afriCa
team Competing in tHe Hong kong SevenS
Thanks to the endeavours of the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation in South
Africa and the co-operation of the
authorities, this hurdle was eventually
overcome.
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The following day the Soweto boys
arrived at Kings Park Stadium, just as the
Springbok Sevens team were warming
up with coach Paul Treu. In the final
stages of the training session, one of the
legends of South African Sevens rugby
Vuyo Zangqa came over to chat.
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SOME Of thE yOungStErS hAD nEVEr
LEft thE tOWnShIP BEfOrE
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hOng KOng SEVEnS IS OnE Of
thE WOrLDS MOSt PrEStIgIOuS
rugBy fEStIVALS
He had also grown up in a poor informal
settlement and he spoke about how you
can get out of where you are and make a
better life for yourself.
“It does not come easy. You must grab
the opportunities that are offered to you
and work hard.” Pointing to the players
on the field, he said: “That can be you
one day, believe it.”
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SportS-mad young
LeaderS from Soweto
were CHoSen to
take part
young pLayerS from tHe two projeCtS were
abLe to pLay togetHer and partiCipate in an
ideaS exCHange
It does not
come easy. You
must grab the
opportunities
that are offered
to you and
work hard
VUYO ZANGQU
SOUTH AFrIcAN rUGbY
SeVeNS PLAYer
With the official training over, the kids
joined the Springbok team for a fun
training session and afterwards swapped
jerseys. The Soweto team were
presented with signed memorabilia and
they signed a t-shirt for the Springboks
to wish them luck.
Sevens captain Kyle Brown said: “The
theme of our team is ‘touching people
through rugby’ and there are a lot of
synergies between that and the work of
Laureus. It is very inspiring for us to meet
these young people. We are so pleased
they are here to support us.”
The following day, the boys jumped in
their bus and headed to the stadium
for another day of excitement and, this
time, the chance to meet some of the
best rugby players in the world – the
Asia Pacific Barbarians, coached by
Australian legend David Campese and
managed by Laureus Academy Member
and former All Blacks captain Sean
Fitzpatrick.
Along with the local boys from Operation
Breakthrough, they met all the big name
players including Australia’s George
Greagan and All Blacks Christian Cullen
and Justin Marshall.
The boys then got the chance to watch a
full day of Sevens rugby and were even
invited into a hospitality box and enjoyed
supporting their team from some of the
best seats in the stadium. The perfect
ending to a magical trip to Hong Kong
for these youngsters from Soweto.
One of the Soweto group was Lucky
Zwane, aged 18, who joined the Soweto
Schools Rugby project in August 2009.
His mother died three years ago and
his father nine years ago and he now
lives with his 13-year-old sister and
19-year-old brother in one of the poorest
informal settlements in Johannesburg.
He said: “This has been the highlight of
my life so far. Meeting the South African
Sevens players and Morné du Plessis
was inspiring. I feel I can achieve a lot
when I get back to Soweto.”
ULTIMATE DREAM
www.sportforgood.org
SPORT FOR GOOD
SPORT SEVE
FOR GOOD
BALLESTEROS
SUMMIT 13
05
12
SPORT FOR GOOD
SUMMIT
to SHare ideaS, knowLedge & good praCtiCe
It started with a Maori kiss - and ended with
handshakes and hugs of togetherness all
round, as more than 100 members of the
Laureus Family left London in November at
the end of the highly successful first ever
Laureus Global Summit.
The three-day gathering brought
together representatives from 100 sports
organisations around the world in 32
countries, including the 89 sports-based
community projects supported by the
Laureus Sports for Good Foundation.
They mixed with a host of Laureus
Academy Members - Boris Becker,
Nadia Comaneci, Kapil Dev, Mick
Doohan, Sean Fitzpatrick, Dawn Fraser,
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Michael
Johnson, Kip Keino, Ilie Nastase, Hugo
Porta, Steve Redgrave, Mark Spitz and
Daley Thompson.
The Maori kiss – noses rubbed together
in traditional greeting - had been the
idea of Sean Fitzpatrick, who had flown
to London to make one of the opening
presentations at the Summit, after
watching New Zealand’s All Blacks, who
he captained with distinction for so many
years, win the Rugby World Cup.
Sean set a vibrant tone. He told the
participants: “You guys are in the front
line. As Academy Members we can
turn up and support you, but we don’t
go through those long hours of hard
work, preparation, frustration, no doubt,
and the concerns and worry that you
experience when you are dealing with
young people’s lives. That’s why I am
delighted that we have the opportunity to
join you, talk about what you are doing
and see how we can help you achieve
your goals.”
The aim of the Summit was to share
ideas, knowledge and good practice
and strengthen the growing network of
Laureus partner organisations to provide
a reservoir of experience and expertise
that can be tapped into by projects and
project leaders around the world.
One of the highlights was a visit to the
Lilian Bayliss Centre, a converted school
that is fast becoming one of the most
inspiring hubs of community-based
sports activities in south London, which
now include a midnight basketball league
and a multi-sport crime prevention
programme.
There was a demonstration of how
different Laureus Sport for Good projects
from around the world use a variety of
sports to tackle different social issues.
Sessions included: peacebuilding
through basketball; community coaching;
youth leadership through football;
combating violence through boxing and
martial arts.
There were also workshops held
during the Summit which included:
developing a fundraising strategy;
health education through sport; using
digital communications tools and crime
prevention through sport.
Simon Adams, a project leader from
Buffalo City Soccer School in South
Africa, said: “This Summit is long overdue
and has given us a great opportunity
to learn from each other. The chance to
discuss the different problems faced by
projects from all over the world shows us
the underlying problems we all have to
tackle.”
And Kushil Gunasekera, from the
Foundation of Goodness in Sri Lanka,
said: “This really has been very
beneficial. To be interacting with others
has given us the knowledge to try new
things from different angles.”
foLLowing tHe firSt day of tHe Sport for good Summit, SebaStian Coe SHowS Some of HiS feLLow LaureuS aCademy memberS and ambaSSadorS
around tHe London 2012 oLympiC park. Here Coe iS piCtured at tHe reCentLy CompLeted London aquatiCS Centre witH (top from L-r) mark Spitz,
miCHaeL vaugHan, Steve redgrave, Hugo porta, nadia ComeneCi, kip keino, miCk dooHan and edwin moSeS (bottom L-r) SebaStian Coe, marveLouS
marvin HagLer, iLie naStaSe, dawn fraSer, miCHaeL joHnSon, kapiL dev and boriS beCker.
For me this
was the United
Nations of
Laureus in one
place. I think
everyone went
away with a
whole new
perspective
on what they
do and how
they do it.
eDWIN mOSeS
LAUreUS cHAIrmAN
During the Summit, the Laureus
Academy Members also took time out
to visit the site of the 2012 Olympic
Games in Stratford, East London.
There they were given a guided tour
by fellow Academy Member Sebastian
Coe, Chairman of the London Olympic
and Paralympic Games Organising
Committee.
And the chance to visit the Olympic site
was an extra special treat. It was very
impressive. There were some great
Olympians on our visit and you could
feel the excitement just driving around
the Olympic Park. The Olympics creates
an atmosphere like nothing else. It’s
going to be a great Olympic Games in
2012, I’m sure.”
The group were driven around the site,
looking at the impressive new main
stadium and the aquatic stadium. They
then posed for photographs and TV
interviews at the end of the tour.
Also on the tour was American Mark
Spitz, for whom 2012 will be the 40th
anniversary of the Munich Olympic
Games, where he won seven swimming
gold medals, which remained a record
until Michael Phelps swam to eight
golds in Beijing in 2008.
Olympic legend Dawn Fraser, who won
successive 100 metres freestyle gold
medals for Australia in three Olympic
Games - Melbourne, Rome and Tokyo
– said: “We’ve all been very impressed
with the people we met at the Laureus
Global Summit and finding out about
the work they do.
Summarising the success of the
Laureus Global Summit, Laureus
Chairman Edwin Moses said: “For me,
this was the United Nations of Laureus
in one place. I think everyone went
away with a whole new perspective on
what they do and how they do it.”
LaureuS aCademy member Sean fitzpatriCk HeLped kiCk-off tHe Sport for good Summit by
teaCHing tHoSe in attendenCe, inCLuding Some aCademy memberS wHo joined Him on Stage,
tHe famouS kiwi danCe, tHe Haka.
www.laureus.com
SPORT FOR GOOD
SEVE BALLESTEROS
SRI LANKA 15
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Murali’ Muralitharan, who ended his
international career following the ICC
World Cup 2011, where Sri Lanka
reached the final, is confident that the
Foundation of Goodness can create a
lasting legacy in his homeland.
LAUREUS VISIT
SRI LANKA
“Not a lot of people know how much Sri
Lanka has been affected by war. We have
to think about new generations who need
sports that can unite both the north and
the south,” said Muralitharan at a press
conference to launch the project, back in
Colombo.
ian botHam and miCHaeL vaugHan
As the helicopter descended onto the
cricket field in Mankulam, Northern Sri Lanka,
school children from the region looked
on, wide-eyed, through the mist, waiting
expectantly for the arrival of a delegation
that could change their lives forever.
Laureus Academy Member Sir Ian
Botham and Laureus Ambassador
Michael Vaughan, both former England
cricket captains, visited the site for
a new project run by the Laureussupported Foundation of Goodness in
march this year.
The area is desolate with hardly a
building in sight apart from a small
number of modest dwellings and the
school buildings which currently include
a ragged cricket pitch.
We saw young
kids whose
eyes lit up by
the fact that
we were going
to play cricket
with them
mIcHAeL VAUGHAN
Northern Sri Lanka has been blighted
by civil war between government
forces and the LTTE for more than 30
years and the area is still littered with
landmines, unexploded devices and a
sense of foreboding. Few westerners
have visited the area since the war
ended and the Laureus visit required
substantial supervision from the army.
www.laureus.com
The North Sports Empowerment Project
is an ambitious plan to build a sports
and educational complex in the heart of
Mankulam which will give young people
the chance to learn skills both in sport
and in life which will help them develop
the area and prosper. As the Laureus
party looked on, the industrial machinery
continued to clear the area, which
has been donated by the government
to world record wicket-taker Muttiah
Muralitharan.
Muralitharan’s manager, Kushil Gunasekera,
the founder of the Foundation of
Goodness, sees the Mankulam project
as a chance to replicate the successful
Seenigama project which has transformed
a region of the south of Sri Lanka which
was devastated by the tsunami in 2004.
The project will take two years to complete
and Botham admitted that he had been
shocked by scale of the job that needs
to be done.
He said: “I was shocked by what I saw –
there is virtually nothing standing – it is flat.
That’s what happens after years of war.
The area is central and so is accessible
which means that this new sports complex
can be the hub of the north and Laureus is
very proud to be involved.
“I was surprised by how wide the spaces
are –up there you went miles without
seeing anyone – it was a wilderness, but
one that can be developed. The people
up there have been dragged into a war
and we could see it is ridden with mortar
shells and bullet holes. It was a real
eye-opener.”
“As a cricketer our duty is to help people.
Cricket is the most important game in this
part of the world and the supporters give
a lot to us so it is important that we give
something back. We have a chance to
help these people, to give belief to them
and I will do whatever I can to help raise
money for this project.”
Kushil Gunasekera added:
“I remember Sir Ian Botham coming a
few weeks after the tsunami and our
project in the south has developed into a
successful story since then.
We’re confident that it will continue to be
a success in the north, where the support
is really needed right now. Nothing great is
ever achieved without taking small steps.”
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thE fOunDAtIOn Of gOODnESS WAS
EStABLIShED In 1999 In thE
VILLAgE Of SEEnIgAMA
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SrI LAnKA IS At PEAcE AftEr
MOrE thAn 30 yEArS Of WAr
The Laureus team watched local children
playing cricket and went on to join in
themselves before handing out bats
and balls.
Essential supplies such as mosquito
nets, torches and water bottles were then
donated to local families. Those families
will be given agricultural training to help
them to become self-sufficient, confident
in the knowledge that new infrastructure
and community facilities are to be built by
the Foundation of Goodness.
Laureus Ambassador Michael Vaughan
admitted that he was reminded on the
visit of how important it is to help develop
sporting talent. He said: “We saw young
kids whose eyes lit up by the fact that we
were going to play cricket with them. The
vision of the little children being given
a bat hit home to me that we complain
at home about such trivial things. The
vision has to be for a young Muttiah
Muralitharan or Kumar Sangakkara
coming through the cricket academy and
playing international cricket and I see no
reason why that shouldn’t happen.”
LASTING
LEGACY
aCademy member ian botHam batS in front
of a partiCuLarLy weLL-attended SLip
Nothing great is ever
achieved without
taking small steps
KUSHIL GUNASeKerA
FOUNDer OF THe
FOUNDATION OF GOODNeSS
www.sportforgood.org
SPORT FOR GOOD
TONY HAWK VISITS
SEVE
FIGHT
BALLESTEROS
FOR PEACE 17
05
TONY
HAWK
projeCt viSit to figHt for peaCe, London
It was like a story line from one of his own video
games: ‘Tony Hawk, greatest skateboarder in
history gets caught in a traffic jam on the way to
an important meet, jumps out of car, grabs his
deck and heads off, weaving in and out of rush
hour vehicles, to make his rendezvous.’
Yet it all happened, in London’s East End
in July, when Laureus Academy Member
Tony found himself stuck in traffic so
heavy he ran the risk of arriving too late to
meet any of the excited kids at a Laureussupported project in Newham.
Tony is the best-known action sportsman
in history and during his career he defied
gravity with his daredevil tricks and
became a role model to millions of young
people around the world – and he was
not going to let down the youngsters
from the Fight for Peace project.
The word was passed to Newham that
Tony was on his skateboard and on
the way and the kids from the project
poured out on to the street to see their
hero arrive.
Fight for Peace is a boxing-based
project which encourages young
people to come off the streets and avoid
getting involved in gangs and juvenile
crime. In a community where toughness
and macho behaviour is important,
sports like boxing and martial arts have
a natural appeal. These sports channel
aggression into positive energy.
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POSITIVE
ENERGY
16
Once Tony had finally arrived, he was
keen to get a proper feel for what the
training is like at Fight for Peace. He
tried sparring with some of the older
participants and had a go at that most
famous boxing warm-up, skipping,
before returning to his comfort zone
when he showed the youngsters a few
tricks on his skateboard.
Tony said: “I may not be a boxer, but I
found the whole experience a knockout. This is what Laureus is all about,
supporting projects which use sport to
gain the interest of young people from
difficult backgrounds and keep them off
the streets and out of trouble.”
tOny hAWK turnED
PrO At 14
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By 25, cOMPEtED In 103 PrO
cOntEStS, WInnIng 73 & 2nD In 19
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crOWnED WOrLD
chAMPIOn 12 yEArS In A rOW
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LoCaL CHiLdren partiCipate in a workout
SeSSion at tHe figHt for peaCe aCademy
In a community where
toughness and macho
behaviour is important, sports
like boxing and martial arts
have a natural appeal
LUKe DOWDNeY
FOUNDer OF FIGHT FOr PeAce
tony Hawk viSitS figHt for peaCe,
in London’S eaSt end
www.laureus.com
LaureuS aCademy member tony Hawk tried HiS Hand at Some boxing exerCiSeS
during HiS viSit to tHe eaSt London arm of tHe figHt for peaCe projeCt
SPORT FOR GOOD
BORIS BECKER VISITS HAITI 19
18
BORIS
BECKER
viSitS Haiti
In January 2010, Haiti was hit by a violent
earthquake that left 222,570 dead and more
than one-and-a-half million homeless. Laureus
Academy Member Boris Becker visited the still
devastated island.
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1.5 MILLIOn hAItIAnS
LOSt thEIr hOMES
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222,570 PEOPLE DIED
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1,300 SchOOLS & 50 hOSPItALS
WErE DEStrOyED
“Anybody with an ounce of humanity
would find this hard to deal with,” says
Boris. “I have had some experience of
this kind before, but every time I just can’t
take it in. The people here are left with
nothing, nothing at all.”
Laureus is supporting the creation of
a football camp to help rebuild the
shattered community. Leading German
writer Andreas Bellinger shared the
experience. Here is his report:
It takes less than two hours to fly from
Miami to Port-au-Prince, yet it feels
like you are entering another world.
Evidence that Haiti is one of the world’s
poorest countries and that it is still
suffering desperate deprivation after the
earthquake is clear for all to see.
Like all the capital’s roads, the one
leading from the airport is rutted, which
makes for a bumpy ride for ex-tennis
legend and Laureus Academy Member
Boris Becker, who is on his way to visit
the latest and perhaps most challenging
humanitarian project supported by the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
www.laureus.com
There is no sign here of children out
playing, no laughter or noisy fun. All you
can see in the people’s faces is grief,
despondency and a lack of hope.
We find ourselves in one of the huge
camps put up by the United Nations
after the earthquake. Even after a
year-and-a-half there are still well over
a million people living in these squalid
temporary centres. There is no sign of
any rebuilding going on. No sound of
diggers, no scaffolding, no cranes.
Last January’s earthquake left this
desperately poor country without hope.
The statistics are appalling: 222,570
people died; more than 300,000 were
injured; 105,000 houses were destroyed;
one-and-a-half million Haitians, including
320,000 children, lost their homes; 1,300
schools and 50 hospitals were razed.
However, there is no sign of any of this
despair in the camp occupied by the
Haitian Football Association. On the other
side of a steel gate, watched over by two
guards, is what could be regarded as
an oasis for young people, a boarding
school with room for 120 boys and girls,
built using money raised by a benefit
football match organised by German
TV network Sat.1 with support from the
Rotary Club.
“The children will be able to move in
soon,” says Gregor Werth, building
construction manager from the aid
organisation Help. Gregor is looking
forward to welcoming Boris, who will be
accompanied by former German news
presenter and Laureus Ambassador
Sabine Christiansen, who knows the
country and understands the needs of
the children.
oppoSite & above: boriS beCker viSitS tHe
fortHComing Haiti LaureuS footbaLL projeCt
I have had some
experience of
this kind before,
but every time
I just can’t take
it in. The people
here are left with
nothing, nothing
at all.
LAUreUS AcADemY
member bOrIS becKer
On the football pitch it is Boris and his
wife Sharlely who take centre stage.
They are getting stuck into a game of
football on the rough dirt pitch. Gradually
the children lose their shyness.
“The children here not only get an
academic education but football training
too,” Becker explains. After his kickabout with these 14-year-olds, the three
times Wimbledon champion is drenched
in sweat. These are the best young
footballers of a nation which, back in
1974, actually sent a team to the World
Cup in Germany.
“We want to train the boys and girls to
be good footballers, but most of all we
want them to have hope and the chance
of a better life,” says Haiti’s Football
Association President Yves Jean-Bart,
who suffered serious injuries in the
earthquake.
The children are quiet and timid, like
14-year-old Pierre-Marie Sendy, who tells
us her two brothers are really envious of
her. What she most enjoys is passing the
ball and shooting at goal. Like all the kids
here she has one overriding dream: to
be a famous footballer.
All is quiet in the car on the way back
to the airport. Rubbish is piled up by
the roadside, the water is filthy and
contaminated. Since last October almost
6,000 people have died from cholera.
As we board the aircraft back to Miami,
it is still difficult to take in what we have
seen. Becker is thoughtful. “Through my
involvement with Laureus and the fact
that I’m a well-known figure, I want to
keep attention focused on the problems
here,” he says. “I know that what we are
doing here is just a drop in the ocean.
I’m just doing my best.”
Thanks to Andreas Bellinger and DAPD
for permission to reprint this article.
A BETTER LIFE
SPORT FOR GOOD
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OPPOSITE:
ZURICH TEAM WIN FOR
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD
FOUNDATION SWITZERLAND
It was a day to remember and a footballing
first as the FC Zurich team wore the Laureus
logo on their shirts during their 1-0 victory
over local rivals Grasshoppers in the Swiss
Super League. After the match in April, the
shirts were put up for auction to raise funds
for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
in Switzerland. Ancillo Canepa, President
of FC Zurich, said: “We are delighted to
support Laureus and we are more than happy
to help with these projects that encourage
underprivileged teenagers. This is what we
have done in the past and will continue to do
in the future.”
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION
ABOVE:
Mille Miglia
Laureus Academy Member, Giacomo
Agostini, in action during Mille Miglia
on 12 May in Brescia, Italy on behalf
of the Laureus Foundation Italy
OPPOSITE:
RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE
OF LORDS, LONDON
LONDON TO PARIS BIKE RIDE
WIMBLEDON TENNIS LESSON
Academy Member Miguel Indurain with the team of 18 Laureus
cyclists who undertook the 240 mile journey from London to Paris
to help raise funds for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
Patricia Moran who won the Laureus auction prize of
a tennis lesson with Tim Henman at the All England
Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon
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Laureus World Sports Academy Chairman Edwin
Moses chats with fellow members Tanni GreyThompson and Hugo Porta at a reception in the
historic Attlee Room of the House of Lords, the
upper chamber of the British Parliament, in London.
The gathering, hosted by Tanni Grey-Thompson, a
member of the House of Lords and Vice-Chair of the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, was to thank
current key stakeholders and provide the chance to
meet potential new supporters and opinion formers.
Guests included project leaders, fundraisers, Global
Partner representatives, corporate supporters and
Members of Parliament and the media.
SPORT FOR GOOD
SEVE
RAFAEL
BALLESTEROS
NADAL 23
05
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RAFAEL
I went on a particularly emotional visit
to Anantapur in October 2010 with
my mother Ana Maria to celebrate the
opening of a new school there. The
school has three clay courts, a pavilion
and classrooms for underprivileged
children. Around 120 children were there
to say hello and it was a very happy day.
Hopefully this can be the first of many
school openings I can attend.
NADAL
LaureuS worLd SportSman of tHe year 2011
I believe sportsmen and women who
have achieved success in their careers
have a responsibility to give something
back to society. That is what I like about
the Laureus Academy. That is what they
want to do and it is something that I will
be doing more and more in the future.
In 2010, Spain’s Rafael Nadal won the French Open,
Wimbledon and US Open. His victory over Novak
Djokovic in the US Open made him the third
youngest winner of all four Grand Slams, at 24 years
101 days. As a result he was presented with the 2011
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.
BY RAFAEL NADAL
I still look back with great pleasure to
February when I received the Laureus
World Sportsman of the Year Award in
Abu Dhabi.
I cannot thank the Laureus Academy
enough for giving me the most
prestigious prize in world sport.
rafaeL nadaL aCCepting tHe LaureuS
worLd SportSman of tHe year
award in abu dHabi 2011
I have been very
lucky to win a
great many
awards in my
career, but the
thing that makes
a Laureus Award
so special is the
people who give
it, the Laureus
Academy
members
www.laureus.com
It made it even better when you look at
the other guys who had been nominated
for the Award. It was a pretty impressive
list. There was the Formula One champion
Sebastian Vettel, boxer Manny Pacquiao
and LA Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. Plus of
course Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi
from Barcelona. Any of them would have
been worthy winners.
Of course I was even happier when I
heard that Spain had won the Laureus
Team of the Year Award after winning the
World Cup in South Africa, so Andres got
his Laureus Award for being part of that
team after all.
I have been very lucky to win a great
many awards in my career, but the thing
that makes a Laureus Award so special
is the people who give it, the Laureus
Academy Members. In my sport of
tennis alone, you have John McEnroe,
Boris Becker, Ilie Nastase, Martina
Navratilova and Monica Seles, but across
every sport there are amazing names.
Miguel Indurain is our great Spanish
Tour de France hero and of course Seve
Ballesteros, who we have tragically lost
this year, was an Academy Member.
These are people who have achieved
greatness and know just what it costs in
terms of effort, training and dedication to
reach the top.
Hopefully, one day Laureus and the
Rafael Nadal Foundation may be able to
co-operate on a project together. That
would be very pleasing.
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WOn 46 SIngLES tItLES &
7 DOuBLES tItLES
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currEntLy rAnKED
nuMBEr 2 In thE WOrLD
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BEgAn PLAyIng tEnnIS At AgE
fOur WIth hIS uncLE tOnI,
WhO IS hIS LOng-tIME cOAch
I also want to thank and congratulate
the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation
for the great work it does around the
world. It is fantastic. I have been very
impressed with the activity of the Laureus
Foundation in Spain where they support
important projects, such as the Special
Olympics, which increases opportunities
through sport for people with intellectual
disabilities, and which I also support.
In 2008, I announced the creation of the
Rafael Nadal Foundation in my home
town of Manacor in Majorca because
my family and I want to help children
and adolescents who are socially
disadvantaged.
We now support several projects around
the world, including the Vicente Ferrer
Foundation in Anantapur, India, which
for 40 years has been committed to
transforming one of the poorest and
neediest areas of India.
rafaeL nadaL
I believe sportsmen and
women who have achieved
success in their careers have
a responsibility to give
something back to society
rAFAeL NADAL LAUreUS WOrLD
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abu dHabi 2011
The sun had dipped below the horizon and the
azure sky was turning to dusk over the desert
as the stars of world sport gathered at the
Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the
2011 Laureus World Sports Awards.
tHe 2011 LaureuS worLd SportS
awardS were announCed in ten
CategorieS. tHe winnerS were:
Laureus World Sportsman
of the Year: rafael Nadal
Laureus World Sportswoman
of the Year: Lindsey Vonn
Laureus World Team of the Year:
Spain World cup Football Team
Laureus World Breakthrough
of the Year: martin Kaymer
Laureus World Comeback
of the Year: Valentino rossi
Laureus World Sportsperson of the
Year with a Disability: Verena bentele
Laureus World Action Sportsperson
of the Year: Kelly Slater
The Laureus Lifetime Achievement
Award: Football legend Zinedine Zidane
Laureus Spirit of Sport Award:
european ryder cup Team
Laureus Sport for Good Award:
may el-Khalil, founder of the
beirut marathon
www.laureus.com
The Laureus Awards are the premier
honours on the international sporting
calendar, with the winners chosen by the
ultimate sports jury – 47 of the greatest
living sports legends who make up the
Laureus World Sports Academy.
A diverse and passionate audience
that included the glitterati of sport,
entertainment and Emirati society saluted
the winners in a spectacular Awards
Ceremony hosted by double Oscar
winner Kevin Spacey and featuring a
virtuoso performance by world-famous
singer Ronan Keating.
Spain, the United States and Germany
were the big winners on the night as each
country collected two Laureus Awards.
Spain’s world tennis No 1 Rafael Nadal
was acclaimed Laureus World Sportsman
of the Year after his remarkable 2010
winning three Grand Slam events - at
Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US
Open. He also joined in the celebrations
as the Laureus World Team of the Year
Award went to the Spanish World Cup
Football Team following their victory in
South Africa.
American Kelly Slater received the
Laureus Action Sports Award for the third
time, after winning a record tenth World
Surfing Championship. And Lindsey Vonn
made it an American double by winning
the Laureus World Sportswoman of the
Year Award after a stellar year in which
she secured her third straight skiing
World Cup and the Olympic Downhill
gold medal. German sport celebrated
with brilliant young golfer Martin Kaymer
who was presented with the Laureus
World Breakthrough of the Year Award
after winning the US PGA Championship
and finishing as No 1 golfer in Europe.
While visually impaired skier and biathlete
Verena Bentele was a popular winner
of the Laureus Disability Award after
capturing five gold medals in the Winter
Paralympics in Vancouver.
The Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Award went to Italy’s super competitive
seven-times motor cycle world champion
Valentino Rossi, who returned to the track
just 41 days after breaking his leg.
LaureuS aCademy memberS nawaL eL moutawakaL and bobby CHarLton preSent zinedine zidane witH tHe 2011 LaureuS Lifetime aCHievement award
There was a rapturous welcome for
French football legend Zinedine Zidane,
who received the Laureus Lifetime
Achievement Award in recognition of his
remarkable career, and the Laureus Spirit
of Sport Award was presented to the
European Ryder Cup Team to mark their
emotional win over the United States.
May El-Khalil, the founder of the Beirut
Marathon, won the Laureus Sport for
Good Award.
A night to remember certainly, but there
was also another Laureus story being
told in Abu Dhabi. Proceeds from the
Laureus World Sports Awards directly
benefit and underpin the activities of the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation,
which has worked tirelessly for more
than ten years to improve children’s
lives around the world.
Several hours before the Awards
Ceremony began, while the sun was still
high in the sky, the applause rang out
for another young man who stood out
as a shining example of what can be
achieved.
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of tHe greateSt Living
SportS LegendS make
up tHe LaureuS worLd
SportS aCademy
Moses Mutuli was born in the slums
of Nairobi in Kenya, where he joined
the local Mathare Youth Sports
Association. Support by the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation gave him
the confidence and leadership qualities
that were to earn him a prestigious
Rhodes scholarship to Britain’s Oxford
University, where he graduated with a
Masters degree in applied statistics and
business administration.
Mutuli, who is now a qualified actuary
with accountants Deloitte in London,
said: “What makes Laureus such an
extraordinary organisation is the bravery
of taking a risk to invest in a very big
slum right in the centre of Africa. The one
thing I can say about thatCaptionCaptionCaption
is it has yielded
some huge returns, proved by the
number of young kids who are growing
up through the system and whose lives
are being changed. I say thank you very
much to Laureus for your help.”
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www.sportforgood.org
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may eL-kHaLiL
Ronan Keating, himself a great
supporter of charity, brought down the
curtain on another memorable Awards
Ceremony by succinctly capturing the
essence of Laureus.
LaureuS Sport for good award
One of the most popular winners of a
Laureus Award was May El-Khalil, a
remarkable woman who is using sport to
bring reconciliation to what was one of the
most divided and war-torn cities on Earth.
He said: “I’m a big sports fan and
it’s just great to be able to attend the
Laureus Awards for the first time and
to be able to sing for such a special
audience.
She received the Laureus Sport for Good
Award from Hollywood actor Morgan
Freeman to mark her work in creating
the Beirut Marathon which has become
an inspiration to the whole of Lebanon
and has brought people together
from opposing political and religious
communities.
I know what a big night it is for the
winners and I also totally empathise
with the charity side of Laureus.
I’ve tried to do what I can in my life to
give something back to society and to
help people and I know this is the real
driving force behind Laureus through
its Sport for Good Foundation. I am
delighted to do what I can to help.”
In hospital in Beirut in 2001 after a near
fatal road accident, the idea came to her
that she should create a marathon in the
heart of a city that had endured so much.
Two years later the first race was staged
with 6,000 runners. Now it regularly
attracts more than 30,000 and it has
proved to be a powerful unifying factor in
the country.
May said: “Back in 2003 Lebanon had
just emerged from a civil war. I decided to
be part of the nation-rebuilding process.
I wanted to pay back to my community
and I wanted to help through the power of
sports. I believed in running, and I felt that
running would definitely help in rebuilding
a divided society. Despite all the conflicts
that had been going on through all the
years, wars, assassinations, political
instability, the Marathon kept on going.”
HoLLywood Legend morgan freeman witH tHe winner of tHe LaureuS Sport for good award,
beirut maratHon founder, may eL-kHaLiL
Also on the agenda in Abu Dhabi
was a symposium of experts in
sport, health and nutrition, who
focused on the growing problem of
childhood obesity. The unanimous
conclusion was that immediate action
must be taken if future generations are
to avoid being impacted by the issue.
We can no longer sit and watch our
children affected by this problem
This was a powerful meeting of minds
with sports legends sitting together with
medical specialists to hear how the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation is
leading the way in seeking to promote
greater awareness of the problems
posed by obesity which affects children
on all continents.
I think it becomes very scary when you
see the number of hours, increasing on a
daily basis, that kids watch television and
play with their electronic devices rather
than being out in the playing fields and
exercising.
Magnus Scheving is better known by his
alter ego, Sportacus, having founded
Lazy Town, a children’s television show
promoting good health and exercise
which is now broadcast in over 120
countries.
“It was a rich experience for everyone
attending our round table meeting.
We had the opportunity to sit with highly
respectable experts in health who could
speak about obesity, and learn how
they can help our Foundation to better
use programmes aimed at the youth
suffering today.”
A former gymnastics champion from
Iceland, he added: “When I started to talk
about this problem 20 years ago, people
looked at me like I was crazy. I said
obesity in kids is devastating because it
has a social impact. Now, today, it is a
matter or urgency. The research done by
Laureus can help politicians to take better
and more balanced decisions”.
Olympic 400 metres hurdles gold
medallist and Laureus Academy Member
Nawal El Moutawakel said: “We can
no longer sit and watch our children
affected by this problem. I am definitely
convinced that things need to be done,
and very quickly.”
www.laureus.com
LAUreUS AcADemY member
NAWAL eL mOUTAWAKeL
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ronan keating performing at tHe
awardS Ceremony abu dHabi 2011
I do what I can in my life to give back
to society and help people and I
know this is the real driving force
behind Laureus
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LaureuS goLf CHaLLenge
preSented by merCedeS-benz
Hugo Porta, the Argentina rugby union
player regarded as one of the best flyhalves ever to have played the game,
showed he can also play golf as his
team won the inaugural Laureus Golf
Challenge, presented by MercedesBenz, at the Gary Player-designed
Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, at the
2011 Laureus World Sports Awards.
Porta’s team of four players emerged
victorious with 100 points, 20 points
better than the second-placed team led
by Michael Lynagh, a World Cup winner
with the Australian rugby union team.
At the prize-giving, a cheque for
€500,000 was handed over by Laureus
Academy Member Gary Player to Edwin
Moses, Chairman of the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation.
The funds came from the proceeds
of the 2011 Laureus World Sports
Awards and included funds that were
raised from the magnificent efforts of
the competitors in the Laureus Golf
Challenge, presented by MercedesBenz, which contributed €500,000 of
the total.
Gary Player said: “I was in awe to
be in the company of so many world
champions; amazing people who
have so much dedication, passion and
desire. And they are all giving their time
to make a difference and to help others
fulfil their dreams.”
I was in awe
to be in the
company of so
many world
champions;
amazing people...
who are all giving
their time to make
a difference.
GArY PLAYer
LAUreUS AcADemY member
LaureuS aCademy member gary pLayer and tHree-time LaureuS award winner keLLy
SLater enjoy a round togetHer at tHe LaureuS goLf CHaLLenge preSented by
merCedeS-benz in abu dHabi before tHe 2011 awardS Ceremony
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CHaLLenge
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The very first Laureus Football
Challenge, presented by IWC
Schaffhausen, was staged at the 2011
Laureus World Sports Awards.
Seven-a-side, played between an
Emirates Foundation team managed
by England and Manchester United
legend Bobby Charlton and a
Laureus Foundation team led by Bora
Milutinovic, one of only two men to
have coached five different teams in the
World Cup, it was fast and furious.
At first it was too fast for Charlton’s
team, who quickly went 4-0 down,
but in a great comeback the Emirates
managed to force a draw, 11-11 at full
time. There was a trophy at stake, so
it was ruled that the first team to score
a ‘golden goal’ in extra time would
decide the outcome and Fernando
Couto of Portugal duly provided the
match-winner.
The trophy was presented to Emirates
captain Edgar Davids by Fabio
Cannavaro, who led Italy to victory in
the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation, received a
cheque for €500,000 from Georges Kern,
CHriStian karembeu taCkLeS edgar davidS during tHe LaureuS footbaLL CHaLLenge
CEO of IWC Schaffhausen and a
cheque for two million dirham was
presented to Mohanna Al Muhairi,
Director of Information with the Emirates
Foundation. During the course of the
match, the footballers had earned
money for the charities as they scored
goals and made assists. While his team
celebrated victory, Charlton said:
“I think this has been a fantastic day.
These footballers have travelled from
thousands of miles to be here to help
us, and they were delighted to be
asked to be part of it. Footballers are
sometimes much maligned. They’re
accused of being greedy and selfsatisfied, but it’s not always the case.
There are so many of them who are just
so happy to be able to do whatever they
can to help us.”
one of tHe HigHLigHtS of tHe awardS Ceremony week in abu dHabi waS tHe vodafone Cup
Sandboarding
abu dHabi
vodafone Cup
Five teams of passionate amateur
footballers took part in the thrilling
finale of this year’s Vodafone Cup in
Abu Dhabi, as part of the 2011 Laureus
World Sports Awards.
For the first time, Vodafone hosted the
competition in partnership with Laureus
to help raise funds for the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation. The finals of the
annual competition were held at the
Abu Dhabi Armed Officers Club with
grassroots teams representing Greece,
Turkey, UK, Spain and Iceland chasing
goals in a five-a-side format.
Cheered on by former South African
professional football stars Mark Fish
and Laureus Ambassador Lucas
Radebe, along with Laureus Academy
Member and Olympic decathlon legend
Daley Thompson, Vodafone Turkey beat
Vodafone Spain 2-0 in the final. The
trophy was presented by Edwin Moses,
Chairman of the Laureus World Sports
Academy.
Emrah Demirkiran of Turkey was
awarded the Golden Boot while Alvaro
Del Olmo Gutierrez of Spain was
declared the Player of the Tournament.
Vodafone Turkey beat Vodafone
Spain 2-0 in the final
www.laureus.com
It was more Lawrence of Arabia
than Laureus!
The most unusual spin-off from the 2011
Laureus World Sports Awards saw a
caravan of legendary sports stars trekking
across the desert from Abu Dhabi to the
vast Rub’ Al Khali (Empty Quarter) for a
sandboarding tour de force.
American skateboarding giant Tony
Hawk, Australia’s seven-time surfing
world champion Layne Beachley, French
in-line skater Taig Khris, Britain’s double
Olympic gold medal runner Kelly Homes
and Olympic triathlon champions Jan
Frodeno and Emma Snowsill strapped
up their bindings and headed out to
tackle towering dunes, which can reach
the size of a 60-storey building.
Tony Hawk was comfortably at ease on
the pink-tinged golden dunes, making
the transition from concrete to sand
seamlessly. “It was fun and a challenge.
It was daunting standing on top of these
huge dunes pondering going straight
down. It was amazing to get away from
the norm,” he said.
Even in these outlandish conditions,
you cannot stop sportsmen and women
competing and Taig Khris clocked
the fastest run of the day at 45 kmph,
beating Hawk by a fraction. He said:
“We really got some fast speeds going
down these huge dunes. This was a
new experience for me and one I hope
to definitely do again.”
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Fighting spirit and a helping hand from
Laureus puts Janak on the road to the
2012 Paralympic Games. From contracting
polio as a child he’s now being coached
at an elite level in England.
Life has not been easy for Janak Singh.
He contracted polio at an early age
that made it impossible for him to walk
and agonisingly difficult to do any of
the day-to-day things which youngsters
of his age usually take for granted.
With more than 90 million people in
India living with a serious disability in
a society where the disabled can often
be excluded from everyday life, Janak’s
future prospects did not look good.
from India, who came to England when
he was eight, also after catching polio.
Now that he is being coached at elite
level, Janak is excelling and hopeful
that he will be able to compete in
international competition.
Paulomi Yusef joint-founder of IMAGE
said: “His disability did not stop Janak
playing a wide range of sports and
becoming a star at cricket. He plays
with the able-bodied children and is still
one of the best players in every match.
Janak’s adventure is opening up the
possibilities for other children. He is an
inspiration to others who want to better
themselves and have the opportunities
that are coming his way. While he is
aware of his fame, it will take time for
him to understand what a leader he is
and what it means to be looked up to
by other children.”
IMAGE (Indian Mixed Ability Group
Events) is a programme that started
five years ago with funding and
support from the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation.
CHiLdren Compete during tHe indiabiLity gameS
at tHe LaureuS Supported projeCt image
But Janak is a fighter and thanks to the
help he has received at the Laureussupported IMAGE project in Rajasthan,
he is well on the way to creating a
career for himself in sport which could
see him competing at the London
Paralympic Games in 2012.
Now 18, he is currently training in the
United Kingdom, in Kingston, Surrey,
with Tushar Patel, another Paralympian
www.laureus.com
IMAGE runs 18 after-school clubs in
Rajasthan where over 700 IMAGE
members, both able-bodied and
disabled children, come together to
compete with each other in cricket,
table tennis, kabaddi, badminton,
basketball, volleyball, football and
tug-of-war. At an everyday level, the
work of the IMAGE programme forms
networks of parents of disabled children
who will support and help each other. In
the longer term it is hoped it will create
bonds between the two communities
that will improve other areas of their lives.
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Through participating in IMAGE, Janak
has learned skills that have improved
his self-esteem and he has ambitions to
become a coach one day so that he can
help others and continue to inspire young
people. But for now he is adapting to life
in London, something that must have
seemed unimaginable when he struggled
to come to terms with polio.
Paulomi Yusef said: “London is of course
a culture shock for Janak. He is used to
climbing onto buses which would be very
unsettling for Londoners. He has been
to London before, winning eight gold
medals at the Disabled Sports UK event
a few years ago, but this is taking it to the
next level. He now has his own, speciallymade wheelchair which has been
customised to give him the best possible
chance of sporting success.
His aim is to get into the Paralympics
next year, but it will of course be very
competitive. He’ll be doing a few half
marathons and other elite events to build
himself up and get him to a level where
he can be considered by the selectors.
Everyone at IMAGE will be helping and
encouraging him.”
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Our belief that sport has the power to change
the world was behind the Local Heroes
initiative we created and ran in partnership with
the Sport for Good Foundation. The lucky but
deserving winners enjoyed the experience of a
lifetime.
We wanted to create a platform
that showcased the great work the
Foundation does but also celebrated
and rewarded those in their own local
communities who give up their own time
to make a difference to others through
the power of sport.
The first step was to find our Local
Heroes. We launched a competition with
Facebook and Eurosport, asking people
to nominate others they believed to be
genuine heroes through the volunteer
work they carry out in their local
communities.
In 2011, Laureus Global Partner Mercedes-Benz
has developed a tool to promote the Laureus
movement at a range of its events to highlight
the Laureus message laid out by Patron Nelson
Mandela that “Sport has the power to change
the world.”
LOCAL
HEROES
The community voted for those they
felt most embodied the Sport for Good
philosophy by enriching the lives of
those in need, using sport as the vehicle.
Local Heroes were chosen from six
countries; Germany, Italy, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Spain and UK.
being able to
see the projects
and really making
a difference has
been one of
the best
experiences
of my life
DAVID DUKe
FOUNDer OF STreeT
SOccer, ScOTLAND AND
VODAFONe LOcAL HerO
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The Laureus Info Tool can be transported
to Mercedes-Benz events to help
increase awareness of the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation, and consists of
photographs of different Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation projects; a media
cube where Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation films can be shown; lounge
furniture; and an information cube. It has
already been exhibited in the Players’
Lounge of the Mercedes Trophy World
Finale; in the VIP area of the Mercedes
Cup; and at the summer festival of
Mercedes-Benz Cars which more than
4,000 people attended.
Once again the charity gala of the
Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament
and the Mercedes Cup Charity Golf
tournament supported the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation. Throughout the
Mercedes Cup, the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation was represented with
a booth to promote the Foundation to
tennis fans attending the tournament.
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We gave the lucky but deserving winners
an experience of a lifetime. They visited
and helped seven projects in South
Africa ranging from refurbishing playing
fields to helping villagers better grow
and cook vegetables. Additionally, they
had the chance to get to know Laureus
Academy Members Morné du Plessis
and Marvellous Marvin Hagler and
Laureus Ambassador Lucas Radebe who
attended the various project visits.
David Duke, founder of ‘Street Soccer’
Scotland, an organisation helping
homeless people in Scotland through
football and ‘Local Hero’ had this to
say: “Being able to see the projects and
really making a difference has been one
of the best experiences of my life and
will motivate me even more to continue
what I am doing back in Scotland.” Our
customers are passionate about helping
those less fortunate and our partnership
with Laureus enables us to empower
them to do so whilst rewarding them with
unique experiences.
On July 15, Laureus World Sports
Academy Members Franz Beckenbauer
and Boris Becker as well as Laureus
Ambassador Stefan Blöcher took part in
a golf tournament at the Monrepos Golf
Club in Stuttgart and in the evening 300
guests attended the grand Charity Gala.
More than €50,000 was raised through a
raffle and a charity auction conducted
by Christies.
During the Stuttgarter Sternstunden
from August 10-14, Mercedes-Benz
organised an open air concert with
international acts including ‘30 Seconds
to Mars’ and ‘Placebo’ to support the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
Germany. The event was staged to thank
the people of Stuttgart and to celebrate
Mercedes-Benz’s 125th anniversary.
In front of 35,000 people, Dr. Joachim
Schmidt, Executive Vice President
Mercedes-Benz Car Sales and Marketing,
presented a cheque for €25,000 to
Laureus World Sports Academy Member
and President of the German Foundation
Boris Becker to support the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation Germany.
STUTTGARTER STERNSTUNDEN
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As a Global Partner of the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation, IWC Schaffhausen has
enthusiastically implemented the Laureus
philosophy over the last year with a wide
variety of activities.
Providing financial support and also by
direct involvement in the frontline work of
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
For the fifth time, a limited special edition
watch has been created for the benefit of
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
In its characteristic shade of blue, the
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of hope for a better future. The Ingenieur
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Good Foundation in stainless steel is
limited to 1,000 watches.
In keeping with tradition, IWC
Schaffhausen once again organised a
children’s drawing competition with the
projects supported by the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation worldwide.
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The young boy interpreted the theme
of the competition - ‘Time for Unity’ with a picture showing seven young
people who have gathered for a game
of football.
This year, the jury chose the illustration
by eight-year-old Sohel Abrar Khan
from Mumbai who is part of the Laureus
supported Magic Bus project to be
engraved on the back of the watch.
Magic Bus provides an outdoor
education programme that uses sport to
reach out to children living in Mumbai’s
poverty. Currently 150,000 children are
involved in the project. The engraving of
the watch is a reminder that a portion of
the proceeds from sales is destined to
help disadvantaged children in some of
the world’s problem regions.
IWC also supported a variety of other
Laureus activities around the world in
2011, providing financial, public
relations and event organising support
and donating watches to auctions and
special events to raise funds.
For instance the Tortour, a 1,000 km
non-stop team cycle race around
Switzerland which took place in August,
is supporting the Swiss Laureus Alpino
project where children and adolescents
can experience the pleasures of skiing
despite their physical disabilities.
IWC Schaffhausen is proud to be
a driving force behind the Laureus
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committed to raising public awareness
of Laureus and its projects.
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LAUREUS
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POLO CUP
guardS poLo CLub, SmitH’S Lawn windSor
It is 6,900 miles from Smith’s Lawn, Windsor to
the San Isidro suburb of Buenos Aires, as the
Boeing 747 flies, and while the ambience of the two
locations could hardly be more different, there
was a unique bond which linked them together
on a balmy English summer’s day last June.
tHe tHriLLing matCH raiSed over €75,000 for tHe
LaureuS Sport for good foundation argentina
Shafi, Saeed Bin Drai, Eduardo Heguy
and Juan Martin Nero, representing
Laureus Global Partners IWC
Schaffhausen, who won 5-4 against the
team sponsored by Mercedes-AMG of
HRH Prince Bahar Jefri Bolkiah, Amr
Zedan, Eduardo Novillo-Astrada and
Juan Pablo MacDonough.
In addition to sponsoring one of the
teams, IWC Schaffhausen donated
for auction a special Laureus edition
Ingenieur Automatic watch from the
IWC Vintage Collection, only 1,000 of
pLayerS from tHe merCedeS-benz-amg and iwC SCHaffHauSen teamS Line up witH CHriStine
ernSt, brand eventS and SponSoring merCedeS-amg; aCademy memberS daLey tHompSon
and Hugo porta and Simon CHamberS, brand direCtor, iwC uk
In Windsor, some of the best players in
the world, including Eduardo Heguy,
Juan Pablo MacDonough, Juan Martin
Nero and Eduardo Novillo-Astrada,
came together to serve up a feast of
exciting, world-class polo at the highly
successful Laureus Polo Cup, which
raised €75,000 for the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation in Argentina.
Some of those funds were destined
to go to San Isidro, to the Union y
Amistad community sport project which
has set up sports activity sessions
and educational workshops in an area
where crime, drugs, alcohol, violence
and firearms use is prevalent.
The money raised will also contribute
to the other five projects which Laureus
supports in Argentina.
The action at Windsor was watched
by an enthusiastic celebrity audience
including Laureus World Sports
Academy Members Hugo Porta and
Daley Thompson. They were joined by
former England football player Jamie
Redknapp, who said: “It was lovely to
see so many beautiful animals who are
all so perfectly trained. I don’t often
come to polo, but it was well worth
seeing such high class sport. It was
great to see how much Laureus raised
from the day.”
6,900
MILES
Separate guardS poLo
CLub windSor and tHe
LaureuS Supported
projeCtS in buenoS
aireS, argentina
UNIQUE BOND
which are being manufactured.
Argentinian rugby legend Hugo Porta,
President of Fundación Laureus
Argentina, said: “I am overwhelmed
that so many people were so generous
to give us the means to change young
people’s lives in my own country.
Everyone who came to Windsor had
a great day out and contributed to an
important cause.”
He revealed how the initiative for
the event came from the players
themselves. “One day I was telling
Eduardo Heguy about Laureus and the
work we do.
He was very enthusiastic and wanted
to find a way to support our work in
Argentina. So he made a few phone
calls and contacted some other players
and we were able to host the first
Laureus Polo Cup at Ham. His support
as an active Laureus Ambassador has
been vital for our growth in the last six
years.
I am overwhelmed that so
many people were so generous
to give us the means to
change young people’s lives
in my own country
HUGO POrTA, PreSIDeNT OF
FUNDAcIÓN LAUreUS, ArGeNTINA
The victors were the team of Kassem
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VAN DER SAR
MOSt cAPS fOr nEthErLAnDS
nAtIOnAL fOOtBALL tEAM
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uEfA cLuB gOALKEEPEr
Of thE yEAr: 1995 & 2009
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teStimoniaL
A collection of many of the greatest football
stars, past and present, came together in
Amsterdam for a glittering night of football in
August to celebrate the remarkable career of
Dutch goalkeeping legend Edwin van der Sar.
Three of football’s greatest managers,
Sir Alex Ferguson, Louis van Gaal and
Guus Hiddink, coached three of the
teams taking part. Current footballers
who played included Rio Ferdinand,
Ryan Giggs, Dirk Kuyt, Alessandro
del Piero, Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha,
Rafael van der Vaart, Nemanja Vidic
and Boudewijn Zenden with past giants
including Dennis Bergkamp, Frank and
Ronald de Boer, Phillip Cocu, Edgar
Davids, Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars,
Frank Rijkaard and Jaap Stam.
edwin pLayed againSt HiS oLd team ajax aS
part of a dream-team Side managed by aLex
ferguSon tHat inCLuded manCHeSter united
greatS SuCH aS wayne rooney
and rio ferdinand
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APPEARANCES
in totaL for ajax,
juventuS, fuLHam &
manCHeSter united
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They also made a generous contribution
to the work of the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation. The former Ajax,
Juventus, Fulham, Manchester United
and Dutch footballer, who retired from
the game earlier this year, decided to
donate a substantial part of the funds
raised from his testimonial to Laureus.
The match held at the Ajax Arena in
Amsterdam was watched by a crowd
of more than 52,000 and produced a
donation of €125,000 for the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation in the
Netherlands.
Earlier this year Edwin became a
Laureus Ambassador, volunteering his
time to support the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation. He said: “It is a great
pleasure for me to be able to share this
big day with the Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation, which is a cause I believe
in passionately. I am delighted the
match has raised money which will help
Laureus in the work we do using sport
to improve the lives of young people in
the Netherlands.”
Laureus World Sports Academy
Member Bobby Charlton, the former
England football legend, now a director
of Manchester United, was one of the
guests at the match. He said: “It has
been a joy to have Edwin at Old Trafford
for six years. He is a true gentleman
of sport and he always sets a perfect
example. For him to agree for funds
raised from his testimonial to go to
charity does not surprise me at all. That
is the kind of man he is. I look forward
to working with him in the future on the
important work that we do at Laureus
to improve the lives of young people
around the world.”
GOALKEEPING
ICON
LaureuS ambaSSador edwin van der Sar
in aCtion at HiS teStimoniaL in auguSt
It is a great pleasure for me
to be able to share this big
day with the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation
LAUreUS AmbASSADOr
eDWIN VAN Der SAr
www.sportforgood.org
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TRACK
ACADEMY
wiLLeSden, nortH London
For a five-time Olympic gold medal winning
rower, Steve Redgrave was a little like a fish out
of water. With not an oar in sight, and two of
the greatest runners in history alongside him –
Sebastian Coe and Michael Johnson.
He reluctantly crouched down onto
his starting blocks and looked at the
finishing tape 60 metres down the
track. One of the most exciting and
passionate Laureus Academy Members’
visits of the year was about to explode
into action.
The three Laureus Academy Members
were visiting Track Academy in Willesden,
North London, a project which helps to
combat anti-social behaviour by using
sport as the means to bring young
people into a positive environment with
inspirational role models and educational
support.
The project combines a track training
programme with a mentor and study plan
which helps the youngsters overcome
barriers in their life. For the most gifted, it
opens up the possibility of a career at the
highest level of athletics.
CaptionCaptionCaption
LaureuS aCademy member, tHe uS 400 metre
Star, miCHaeL joHnSon witH traCk aCademy
projeCt partiCipantS
Steve burst off his blocks and, with
what could best be described as no
more than a gentle jog, he elegantly
cruised down the track in the wake
of Coe and Johnson for what he
later described as “an unforgettable
welcome to Laureus”. This was Steve’s
first visit as an Academy Member to a
Laureus-supported community sports
project, after being elected to the
Academy in February 2011, and there
was little doubt that he was thoroughly
enjoying himself.
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Steve Redgrave may not have won his
race, but the comments he made later
to a large gathering of participants,
coaches, volunteers and dignitaries from
the surrounding area fell on listening
ears. He told them: “I came from an
ordinary background and achieved what
I did because of hard work, commitment
and the support of good coaches.
You seem to have all that here. The
support that is offered by Track Academy
is remarkable. Not everyone is going to
be an Olympic champion, but everyone
can achieve improvement and fulfilment
within themselves, if they make the
effort. Sport is the perfect means to
accomplish that.”
Among the listeners was Annie Tagoe,
aged 17, who had been excluded 32
times from school before she joined
Track Academy. She has now achieved
distinctions in recent exam results and
fourth place in the individual 100 metres
sprint at the Youth Olympics in Singapore
and a bronze medal with the relay team.
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thE trAcK AcADEMy PrOgrAMME
EncOMPASSES currEnt trAInIng
tEchnIQuES fOr OLyMPIAnS
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IDEntIfIES ISSuES BEhInD
AntI-SOcIAL BEhAVIOur
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IncrEASES cOnfIDEncE
thrOugh tEAMWOrK
Annie said: “Two-and-a-half years ago,
my PE teacher Miss Goodwin realised I
had a talent during our sports day and
dragged me to Willesden, where I met
all these wonderful, supportive coaches.
Before I came to Willesden, my behaviour
wasn’t the best at school. I would get in
trouble all the time and wouldn’t take my
education seriously.
When it came to exams, I didn’t get
the grades that I hoped for and was
really disappointed. I came and told
my coaches here. You could see the
disappointment in their eyes, but they
still stood beside me and got me a tutor
to teach me three times a week.
My behaviour has also improved
enormously by having a mentor at Track
Academy. I am so thankful and grateful.”
UNFORGETTABLE
WELCOME
tHe LaureuS aCademy memberS go Head to Head in an impromptu Sprint raCe
I came from
an ordinary
background
and achieved
what I did
because of
hard work,
commitment
and the support
of good
coaches
Based at Willesden Sports Centre, Track
Academy was set up by former British
triple jump star Connie Henry, who won
a Commonwealth Games bronze medal
in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. She said:
“Children growing up in Brent are under
constant pressure to join gangs, run
drugs and become involved in crime.
Track Academy provides an alternative
to this and I am so delighted that the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation is
supporting us.”
LAUreUS AmbASSADOr
STeVe reDGrAVe
The track programme encompasses
current training techniques for Olympians
and knowledge of nutrition while
increasing confidence through teamwork
and goal setting. The athletics sessions
are delivered by an expert team of
international coaches.
The area of London surrounding
Willesden Sports Centre is one of the
most socially deprived in the city. Parts
of Stonebridge and Harlesden have the
lowest levels for education attainment in
London, with a decreasing percentage
of people obtaining any formal
qualifications.
The mentor programme identifies
issues behind anti-social behaviour
and non attendance at school and
advises on careers and further education
opportunities, while the on-site study
support programme improves numeracy,
literacy and communication to improve
academic results and employment
opportunities in the future.
Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London
Organising Committee for the Olympic
and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), said:
“As Chairman of LOCOG, I am very keen
to ensure that there is a significant legacy
delivered for young people in London
after the 2012 Olympics. Projects like
Track Academy, which use sport to give
youngsters more options in life, can do
just that. I’m delighted that Laureus is
able to support this innovative scheme.”
And Michael Johnson, winner of four
individual gold medals at 200 and 400
metres, added: “Connie has done a great
job over the years establishing Track
Academy which does a very important
job in this neighbourhood. When you talk
to the young people you realise what a
difference sport can make to their hopes
and dreams of a better future.”
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TEENAGE
Teenage Kicks measured the results
of three community-based projects The Boxing Academy, Kickz and 2nd
Chance – which use sport to engage
young people in a wider programme of
education and support. NPC found them
to be highly cost-effective and successful
in reducing youth crime. One project,
The Boxing Academy in Tottenham,
North London, costs half as much as
a Pupil Referral Unit and has lower
re-offending rates amongst the young
people it works with, says the report.
KICKS
a LaureuS CommiSSioned report
Laureus is best known for its work on the front
line, reaching out in difficult circumstances
to help young people in some of the most
challenging parts of the world, from the violent
favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the jungles of
Cambodia.
TANNI GreY-THOmPSON
LAUreUS AcADemY member
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teenage kiCkS report found tHat
Community SportS projeCtS CouLd
offer £5 vaLue for every £1 inveSted
The report was officially launched
in London in March and made an
immediate impact on the UK Minister for
Crime Prevention James Brokenshire,
who said: “This report highlights just
how important it is that we intervene in
the early stages with young people on
the cusp of getting involved in crime,
ensuring they have positive engagement
with mentors, peers and role models
and are supported to change their
attitudes and behaviour. Sport is an
excellent way to achieve this.”
Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete Tanni
Grey-Thompson, who is a member of
the House of Lords in the UK Parliament,
said: “I think everyone involved in sport
in the community knows how valuable it
can be as a means to help young people.
It can give them focus, it teaches them
respect and team-spirit and it can keep
them off the streets and out of trouble
“I have always believed that sport can be
a valuable social weapon. Now this report
has produced evidence which proves
that sport in certain circumstances can
also be a more cost-effective solution
than traditional social means. In these
difficult economic times, this is a really
significant finding,” she said.
£4bn
tHe CoSt to
government for
youtH Crime a year
1IN5
SPOrt IS A hIghLy EffEctIVE WAy
Of tAcKLIng yOuth crIME
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LAurEuS SuPPOrtED PrOJEctS
crEAtES fIVE tIMES thE VALuE
Of EVEry £1 InVEStED
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KEEPIng A yOung OffEnDEr In A
SEcurE unIt fOr OnE yEAr cOStS
thE SAME AS SEnDIng hIM tO
EtOn fOr SIX yEArS
The research demonstrated that
projects can create around five times
the value of every £1 or $1 invested
by reducing costs to victims, police,
prisons and courts. One project
examined in North London even
delivered a return on investment of
seven to one.
I think everyone
involved in
sport in the
community
knows how
valuable it
can be as a
means to help
young people
Laureus is now calling on governments
around the world to recognise and
develop successful sports-based
projects as part of its policy on tackling
youth and gang crime.
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But, behind the scenes, Laureus is
also building a reputation for being at
the forefront of the intellectual debate
about the future direction of the Sport
for Good movement and in 2010
commissioned a watershed report
called Teenage Kicks which for the first
time costed out how much community
sports projects could actually deliver.
The report Teenage Kicks was
commissioned by the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation and was produced by
charity think tank and consultancy New
Philanthropy Capital (NPC).
“Cuts to sport and youth projects are
a false economy,” says report author,
Camilla Nevill. “Sport combined with
targeted support has huge potential to
engage hard to reach young people,
change lives and communities, and
provide value for money.”
young peopLe
report being
invoLved in Crime
75,000
new entrantS into
tHe youtH juStiCe
SyStem every year
POSITIVE
ENGAGEMENT
Sport combined with targeted
support has huge potential to
engage hard to reach young
people and change lives
rePOrT AUTHOr cAmILLA NeVILL
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WORLDWIDE
PROJECTS
LaureuS Sport for good foundation
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LAurEuS hAVE IMPrOVED thE LIVES Of OVEr 1.5 MILLIOn
yOung PEOPLE AnD SuPPOrtS OVEr 90 PrOJEctS WOrLDWIDE
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AUSTRALIA
38. bUrrA JUrrA SUrFING PrOGrAmme
- bYrON bAY, AUSTrALIA
39. cATHY FreemAN FOUNDATION
– PALm ISLAND, AUSTrALIA
40. FOOTbALL UNITeD – AUSTrALIA
EUROPE
41. bLINDSPOT - berN, SWITZerLAND
42. bUNTKIcKTGUT - berN, SWITZerLAND
43. FIGHT FOr PeAce - LONDON, UK
44. FUNDAcIÓN ALeX - bArceLONA, SPAIN
45. GOLF eDUcATIF - PArIS, FrANce
HOST CITIES
MONACO, LISBON, BARCELONA,
ST PETERSBURG, ABU DHABI &
LONDON
46. KIcK Im bOXrING - berLIN, GermANY
47. KIcK ON Ice - berLIN, GermANY
48. KIcK THe rOPeS - berLIN, GermANY
49. KIcKFOrmOre - STUTTGArT, GermANY
50. KIDSWING - mUNIcH, GermANY
PROJECTS
SUPPORTED BY THE LAUREUS
SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION
51.
KIDS FOr FUTUre - cOLOGNe, GermANY
52. KÖrbe FÜr KÖLN - cOLOGNe, GermANY
53. LAUreUS ALPINO - SWITZerLAND
54. LAUreUS cAVALLO - WINTerHUr-UNTerSeeN,
SWITZerLAND
AFRICA
55. LAUreUS GIrLS IN SPOrT - LUcerNe, SWITZerLAND
56. LAUreUS GIrLS KIcKING - GermANY
1.
bUFFALO cITY SOccer ScHOOL - eAST LONDON, SOUTH AFrIcA
2.
cOAcHING FOr HOPe - bAmAKO, mALI
57. LAUreUS mIDNIGHT FUTSAL cUP - THe HAGUe,
THe NeTHerLANDS
3.
cOmmUNITY bASeD AIDS PrOGrAmme - KAmPALA, UGANDA
58. LAUreUS mOTOrV8 - OXFOrD, UK
4.
DeVeLOPmeNT OF SPOrTS AND rIGHTS FOr PeOPLe
WITH DISAbILITIeS - rWANDA
59. LAUreUS ScHNeeTIGer - AUSTrIA
5.
FIGHT WITH INSIGHT - JOHANNeSbUrG, SOUTH AFrIcA
6.
GrASSrOOT SOccer - SOUTH AFrIcA
60. LAUreUS UrbAN STArS LONDON - LONDON, UK
61. LAUreUS UrbAN STArS mANcHeSTer
- mANcHeSTer, UK
7.
GreAT cOmmISSION UNITeD - cAPe TOWN, SOUTH AFrIcA
8.
GrUPO DeSPOrTIVO De mANIcA - mANIcA, mOZAmbIQUe
62. LAUreUS UrbAN STArS WeST mIDLANDS
- bIrmINGHAm, UK
9.
INDIGO YOUTH mOVemeNT - DUrbAN, SOUTH AFrIcA
63. mIDNIGHT bASKeTbALL LeAGUe - LONDON, UK
10. INTerNATIONAL INSPIrATION - TANZANIA
64. mIDNIGHT bASKeTbALL - mILAN, ITALY
11.
JOHANNeSbUrG cUbS - JOHANNeSbUrG, SOUTH AFrIcA
65. mIDNIGHT PrOJeKTe ScHWeIZ - SWITZerLAND
12.
KIcK4LIFe - LeSOTHO
66. “mIT PFerDeN STArK mAcHeN” - AcHberG, GermANY
13.
LITTLe cHAmPS - JOHANNeSbUrG, SOUTH AFrIcA
67. mOVe&DO - STUTTGArT, GermANY
14. LUNGISANI INDLeLA - DUrbAN, SOUTH AFrIcA
68. OPeN SUNDAY - SWITZerLAND
15.
69. PeAcePLAYerS INTerNATIONAL - cYPrUS
mAKOmbA-NDLeLA YOUTH mOVemeNT - LImPOmPO, SOUTH AFrIcA
16. mATHAre YOUTH SPOrTS ASSOcIATION (mYSA) - NAIrObI, KeNYA
17.
mOVING THe GOALPOSTS - KILIFI, KeNYA
18.
OrPHANAID AFrIcA - GreATer AccrA, GHANA
19.
PeAcePLAYerS INTerNATIONAL - DUrbAN, SOUTH AFrIcA
20. POLOAFrIcA - mALUTI mOUNTAINS, SOUTH AFrIcA
21.
rIGHT TO DreAm - GHANA
22. rUmbeK YOUTH SPOrTS ASSOcIATION (rYSA) - rUmbeK, SUDAN
23. SOWeTO ScHOOLS rUGbY PrOGrAmme JOHANNeSbUrG, SOUTH AFrIcA
70. PeAcePLAYerS INTerNATIONAL
- NOrTHerN IreLAND, UK
71.
PrOGeTTO POLISPOrTIVA I - mILAN, ITALY
72. PrOGeTTO POLISPOrTIVA II - mILAN, ITALY
73. PrOGeTTO POLISPOrTIVA NAPOLI - NAPLeS, ITALY
74. PrOGeTTO POLISPOrTIVA rOmA - rOme, ITALY
75. PUNcH - PArIS, FrANce
76. SPecIAL OLYmPIcS - rUSSIA
77. SPecIAL OLYmPIcS - SPAIN
24. SPOrT FOr ALL – JOHANNeSbUrG, SOUTH AFrIcA
78. STreeT LeAGUe - LONDON, UK
25. THe LeGeNDS cUP - cAPe TOWN, SOUTH AFrIcA
79. STreeT LeAGUe - GLASGOW, UK
26. WAVeS FOr cHANGe - cAPe TOWN, SOUTH AFrIcA
80. TrAcK AcADemY - LONDON, UK
ASIA
THE AMERICAS
27. ImAGe - rAJASTHAN, INDIA
81. cIUDAD OeSTe (WeST cITY) - meNDOZA, ArGeNTINA
28. mAGIc bUS - INDIA
82. cLUb ATLeTIcO PLATeNSe - LAPrIDA, ArGeNTINA
29. OPerATION breAKTHrOUGH - HONG KONG, cHINA
83. cLUb DePOrTIVO bArrAcAS - GeNerAL LAmADrID,
ArGeNTINA
30. PeAcePLAYerS INTerNATIONAL - ISrAeL / PALeSTINe
31.
TWINNeD bASKeTbALL PrOGrAmme - ISrAeL / PALeSTINe
32. SeeNIGAmA SPOrT FOr LIFe PrOJecT - SeeNIGAmA, SrI LANKA
33. SPecIAL OLYmPIcS - cHINA
34. SPIrIT OF SOccer - cAmbODIA
35. SPIrIT OF SOccer - IrAQ
36. SPIrIT OF SOccer - LAOS
37. UNITY THrOUGH SPOrT PrOJecT - mANKULUm, SrI LANKA
84. SPOrT FOr LIFe - rOSArIO, SANTA Fe, ArGeNTINA
85. LA LIGA LImAKIDS - LImA, PerU
86. LUTA PeLA PAZ - rIO De JANeIrO, brAZIL
87. SPOrTS IN UNDerDeVeLOPeD AreAS
- mONTeVIDeO, UrUGUAY
88. SPOrTS SANS FrONTIereS - POrT AU PrINce, HAITI
89. UNIÓN Y AmISTAD De SAN ISIDrO - bUeNOS AIreS,
ArGeNTINA
90. VIrreYeS HOcKeY - bUeNOS AIreS, ArGeNTINA
91. cOAcH AcrOSS AmerIcA - NeW YOrK, USA
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FOUNDATION
FUNDRAISE
DIRECTORY
for tHe LaureuS Sport for good foundation
LaureuS Sport for good nationaL foundationS
GLOBAL
THE NETHERLANDS
Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation
Laureus Foundation
The Netherlands
[email protected]
www.laureus.com/foundation
MACHA VAN DER VAART
[email protected]
www.laureus.nl
ARGENTINA
SOUTH AFRICA
Foundación
Laureus Argentina
Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation Trust South Africa
ANA LIA SANTARELLI
[email protected]
www.fundacionlaureus.org.ar
PRUDENCE FESTER
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FRANCE
SPAIN
Association
Laureus France
Fundacion
Laureus Espana
LAURENT GUTSMUTH
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[email protected]
www.laureus.es
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation Germany
Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation Switzerland
STEFANIE MOELLENKAMP
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www.laureus.de
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www.laureus.ch
ITALY
USA
Fondazione
Laureus Italia
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Foundation USA
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www.laureus.it
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everyone at
Laureus shares
a common belief
that sport is a
universal language
which has the
power to speak to
people across the
globe, whatever
their colour
or creed.
EDWIN MOSES
chairman, Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation
SILVERSTONE HALF MARATHON - 11 mArcH 2012
LONDON MARATHON - 22 APrIL 2012
5 BOROS BIKE RIDE - 6 mAY 2012
LONDON 10K - 27 mAY 2012
LAUREUS POLO CUP - 23 JUNe 2012
LONDON TO CHAMPAGNE - 4-8 JULY 2012
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for up to date information
LAUREUS
AMBASSADORS
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Paul Accola Alpine Skiing, Kurt Aeschbacher TV Personality, Franziska van Almsick Swimming, Natascha Badmann Triathlete,
Mansour Bahrami Tennis, Robert Baker Golf, Baschi Pop Singer, Layne Beachley Surfing, Verena Bentele Visually impaired Skiing,
Marco Bortolami Rugby, Serge Betsen Rugby, Miki Biasion Motor Racing, Denise Biellmann Figure skating, Ole Bischof Judo,
Stefan Blöcher Hockey, Annabelle Bond Adventurer, Martin Braxenthaler Paralympic Skiing, Adolfo Cambiaso Polo, Fabian Cancellara
Cycling, Jackie Chan Movie / Kung Fu, Sabine Christiansen TV Personality, David Coulthard Formula 1, Lawrence Dallaglio Rugby,
Deshun Deysel Climbing, Deco Football, Ernst Van Dyk Wheelchair racing, Desiree Ellis Football, Alejandra Garcia Flood Pole Vault,
Frank Fredericks Athletics, Jan Frodeno Triathlete, Carlos Lima Fuentes Athlete, Danilo Gallinari Basketball, Yvonne van Gennip Speed
Skating, Lara Gut Alpine Skiing, Ruud Gullit Football, Bryan Habana Rugby, Eduardo Heguy Polo, Kelly Holmes Athletics, Pieter van
den Hoogenband Swimming, Edith Hunkeler Wheelchair racing, Butch James Rugby, Ariella Kaeslin Athletics, Taig Khris Inline skating,
Christa Kinshofer Skiing, Conny Kissling Free skiing, Vitali Klitschko Boxing, Wladimir Klitschko Boxing, Janica Kostelic Skiing,
Nia Künzer Women’s Football, Dr. Thomas Ladner Business Personality, Christoph Langen Bobsleigh, Henri Leconte Tennis, Kathrin Lehmann
Fottball / Ice Hockey, Tegla Loroupe Long distance running, Michael Lynagh Rugby, Fabrizio Macchi Para Cycling, Filippo Magnini Swimming,
Hermann Maier Skiing, Maurizio Margaglio Ice skating, Baby Jake Matlala Boxing, AP McCoy Horseracing, Barry McGuigan
Boxing, Roger Milla Football, Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda Rugby, Nicolás Fernández Miranda Rugby, John Moeti Football,
Thomas Muster Tennis, Umberto Pellizzari Free diving, Alexander Pereira Cultural Personality, Manuela Pesko Snowboarding, Santiago Phelan
Rugby, Bertrand Piccard Adventurer, Oscar Pistorius Disabled Athletics, Barbara Fusar Poli Ice skating, Shaun Pollock Cricket,
Matías Prats Broadcaster, Birgit Prinz Football, Lucas Radebe Football, John Robbie Rugby, Todd Rogers Volleyball, Maria Cecilia
Rognoni Hockey, Marc Rosset Tennis, Antonio Rossi Canoeing, David de Rothschild Eco Adventurer, Rainer Maria Salzgeber
TV Personality (Sports), Edwin van der Sar Football, Axel Schulz Boxing, Ralf Schumacher Motor racing, Jochen Schümann
Sailing, Matthias Schweighöfer Actor, Nino Schurter Mountain Biking, Gian Simmen Snowboarding, Emma Snowsill Triathlete,
Felix Sturm Boxing, Alain Sutter Football, Michael Teuber Paralympic Cycling, Natalie du Toit Swimming, Alessandro Troncon Rugby,
Cynthia Tshaka TV presenter, Michael Vaughan Cricket, Esther Vergeer Wheelchair Tennis, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis, Filippo Volandri
Tennis, Courtney Walsh Cricket.
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SPORT FOR GOOD
WITH THANKS
The Laureus World Sports Academy wishes to thank the many individuals and organisations
who continue to support Laureus and help us fulfil our goals.
In particular, the Laureus Academy pays tribute to its Patrons Richemont and Daimler, who
founded Laureus and to its Global Partners Mercedes-Benz, IWC Schaffhausen and Vodafone,
who provide such unwavering and invaluable support.
Laureus through the power of sport has
helped improve the lives of over one-and
a-half million young people and currently
supports 91 projects worldwide
Donations to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation can be made via our website www.laureus.com or cheques
can be made out and posted to: Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, 460 Fulham Road, London SW6 1BZ.
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