Twelve girl basketball players from Afghanistan, plus two female coaches and two basketball officials, visit Washington, DC and New York City on a Sports Visitors program from November 9th to November 20th, 2009.

Donna Orender, President of the WNBA, Rolando Blackman, NBA Legend, and current WNBA Player, Ebony Hoffman, travel to four cities in Lebanon to teach basketball and life skills to 750 Lebanese players and coaches from October 20 – October 24. The clinics afford the Lebanese participants an opportunity to learn how involvement in sports prepares an individual for future challenges as well as teaching the importance of teamwork, tolerance and respect for diversity.

Nineteen basketball coaches from Tanzania will visit Washington, DC and San Antonio, Texas from September 20 to October 11, 2009. The coaches will have workshops and interactive sessions with athletes and coaches from schools, universities and other organizations. In Texas, they will be hosted by Matt Bonner of the San Antonio Spurs, who traveled to Tanzania in 2008 a Sports Envoy.

A delegation of baseball-playing youth from Taiwan are visiting Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Il from September 21-October 2, 2009. The six boys and four girls are 13-15 years old, and along with their two coaches will be visiting schools, playing baseball with other athletes their age, and seeing Major League Baseball games.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Teresa Edwards and NBA Champion Tracy Murray are bringing their skill and basketball style to hundreds of coaches, players and fans in Mozambique from August 29 – September 2, 2009.

A delegation of Nigerian soccer coaches visit the Washington, D.C. area to expand their skills and to experience soccer in the United States

Erik Spoelstra, Head Coach of the Miami Heat, and former WNBA star, Sue Wicks, travel to the Philippines to conduct youth basketball clinics.

ECA recruited twelve Lebanese basketball coaches, 7 men and 5 women, to come to the U.S. for a coaching program. While in the Washington, D.C. area, the coaches learn about different styles of youth coaching and take part in a cultural program.

WNBA player Andrea Stinson and NBA player Jerome Williams travel as Sports Envoys to Bahrain to conduct clinics for girls and boys aged 11-18.

A delegation of basketball-playing girls and their coaches from Iraq visit Washington, D.C. and Knoxville, Tennessee to experience women's basketball in the United States.

Members of the “Young Rising Stars Female Football Club,” a group organized by the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, and their coaches from Pakistan travel to the Washington, DC area to experience women's soccer in the United States.

Young baseball players and their coaches from Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic travel to Miami, Florida to experience a shared love of baseball.

On her fourth trip as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy, figure skating champion Michelle Kwan traveled to Ukraine. She visited the cities of Kyiv, Yalta, Sevastopol, Bakhchisarai, and Odessa.

Baseball star Cal Ripken visits Nicaragua to conduct baseball clinics and interact with Nicaraguan youth baseball players.