Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Magazine 2011

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December 2011

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 06 Steve redgrave 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 40 Johnson 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 08 projeCt viSit 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 visitWitt TheFigure Indigenous Katarina Skating.Sports in Willesden, North London devastated island.

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The ultimate sporting dream becomes reality for 10 sports-mad youngsters

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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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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

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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.

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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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WOn thE BrItISh OPEn 3 tIMES & thE MAStErS tWIcE ––––––– cAPtAInED thE ryDEr cuP tEAM tO VIctOry In VALDErrAMA 1997 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’.”

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Seve’s enthusiasm was just unmatched by anybody, I think, that ever played the game AcADemY member JAcK NIcKLAUS

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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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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.

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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

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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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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.

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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’.

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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.”

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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“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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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.”

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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.”

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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.

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“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.

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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.

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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 ––––––– 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.”

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Nothing great is ever achieved without taking small steps KUSHIL GUNASeKerA FOUNDer OF THe FOUNDATION OF GOODNeSS

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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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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.”

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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 ––––––– 222,570 PEOPLE DIED ––––––– 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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

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RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS, LONDON

LONDON TO PARIS BIKE RIDE

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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.

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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.

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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 ––––––– currEntLy rAnKED nuMBEr 2 In thE WOrLD ––––––– 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.

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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

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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.

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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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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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Ronan Keating, himself a great supporter of charity, brought down the curtain on another memorable Awards Ceremony by succinctly capturing the essence of Laureus.

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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.”

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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.

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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,

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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.”

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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

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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.

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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

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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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OVEr 90 MILLIOn PEOPLE In InDIA hAVE A SErIOuS DISABILIty ––––––– IMAgE hAS OVEr 700 MEMBErS BOth ABLE BODIED AnD DISABLED ––––––– 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.

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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 Ingenieur Automatic from the IWC Vintage Collection represents a beacon of hope for a better future. The Ingenieur Automatic Edition Laureus Sport For 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. tortour LaureuS team of Six (from Left to rigHt) dr. jürg kaLLay, LaureuS foundation SwitzerLand doner; georgeS kern, Ceo of iwC SCHaffHauSen; oLympiC CHampion fabian CanCeLLara; traitHLete ronnie SCHiLdkneCHt; extreme atHLete martin SCHLagenHauff and dominik SCHerer, LaureuS foundation SwitzerLand doner.

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 Sport for Good Foundation and is fully committed to raising public awareness of Laureus and its projects.

“It’s as simple as that?”

Ingenieur Automatic Edition Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

Ref. 3233: Meet a watch that’s just a little bit better than the rest. Because proceeds from its sale go to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and open up new opportunities for disadvantaged children. And that’s not all: its classically elegant design will bring a smile not only on their faces but also to that of its owner. IWC. Engineered for men.

Mechanical movement | Pellaton automatic winding | 44-hour power reserve when fully wound | Date display | Central hacking seconds | Screw-in crown | Sapphire glass, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides | Special back engraving | Water-resistant 12 bar | Case height 14.5 mm | Diameter 42.5 mm

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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.

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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

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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.”

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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

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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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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.”

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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.”

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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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LAurEuS hAVE IMPrOVED thE LIVES Of OVEr 1.5 MILLIOn yOung PEOPLE AnD SuPPOrtS OVEr 90 PrOJEctS WOrLDWIDE –––––––

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

foundation@laureus.com www.laureus.com/foundation

MACHA VAN DER VAART macha.vandervaart@laureus.nl www.laureus.nl

ARGENTINA

SOUTH AFRICA

Foundación Laureus Argentina

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Trust South Africa

ANA LIA SANTARELLI asantarelli@fundacionlaureus.org.ar www.fundacionlaureus.org.ar

PRUDENCE FESTER pfester@ssisa.com

FRANCE

SPAIN

Association Laureus France

Fundacion Laureus Espana

LAURENT GUTSMUTH laurent.gutsmuth@laureus.fr

foundation@laureus.com www.laureus.es

GERMANY

SWITZERLAND

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Germany

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Switzerland

STEFANIE MOELLENKAMP stefanie.moellenkamp@laureus.de www.laureus.de

EVELYN FANKHAUSER evelyn.fankhauser@laureus.ch www.laureus.ch

ITALY

USA

Fondazione Laureus Italia

Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA

SILVANA DE GIOVANNI silvana.degiovanni@fondazionelaureus.it www.laureus.it

CARLA E. FOURIE carla.fourie@richemont.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL LAUREUS SUPPORTED PROJECTS PLEASE VISIT

www.laureus.com/foundation

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 pLeaSe go to www.LaureuS.Com/get-invoLved for up to date information

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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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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. For general enquiries please e-mail: foundation@laureus.com This is the official magazine of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation which is supported by its Global Partners Mercedes-Benz, IWC Schaffhausen and Vodafone. The Foundation is a global initiative of Richemont and Daimler.

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