Category Archives: International

How much for a Flying Tomato?

Our friends at Sport and dev* had this recent item about Shaun White, the world champion snowboarder and skateboarder (showoff :-)). Shaun partnered with one of my favorite organizations, Right…

Nov. 27 deadline for abstracts for "Making the Difference" event

“SportBusiness event Making The Difference – The Sport and Social Responsibility Summit – is seeking submissions of papers showcasing novel ideas, approaches and campaigns in sport and social responsibility ahead…

Role of Sports – part of the global economic discussion

The Summit on the Global Agenda 2009 is currently taking place in Dubai, UAE. Amongst the Councils this year is the Role of Sports in Society.  Council members include: Dame…

Superman and friends in South Africa

The Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard – we think you know who he is 🙂 – was part of a group of players who were in South Africa this past summer…

‘Building a better community through sport’ – the Mabvuku/Tafara, Zimbabwe Sports Festival

Congratulations to Casper Madani! This past weekend, at the Mabvuku/Tarfara (a dense suburban community outside the Zimbabwean capital of Harare) sports festival, she was honored “for making a breakthrough in…

Art of football has the world as its gallery

This is a very interesting story from Matthwe Syed in The Times of London. While in Tanzania last week doing work for the paper’s yearly charity appeal, he stumbled upon…

Sports diplomacy – U.S. and Cuba

Forget about placing an NFL or NBA team in Europe. Along with Mexico, Cuba is a better long-term bet. Much has been written about Fidel Castro’s and Cuba’s love of…

Call for Papers – Making the Difference

“SportBusiness event Making The Difference – The Sport and Social Responsibility Summit – is seeking submissions of papers showcasing novel ideas, approaches and campaigns in sport and social responsibility ahead…

Spirit in Motion

We want to congratulate the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for having its online video ‘Spirit in Motion’, which was produced by brandstage.tv for ParalympicSport.TV, awarded a Best in Show award…

Race4Change – Be a rally car driver…from the comfort of your own home

Travis Pastrana, one of the great action sports athletes in the world, recently added his name to those supporting Race4Change, an effort that hopes to raise awareness and funds for…