Results are Tagged with "Sports Visitor Program"
Sports Diplomacy: Kazakhstan Boxing Diplomacy
A delegation of 12 Kazakhstani boxers and trainers traveled to the United States to visit community boxing programs and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Middle Eastern Soccer Coaches Team-Up for Sports Exchange in the U.S.
Organized alongside the excitement of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Sports Diplomacy hosted a Sports Visitor soccer program for coaches from Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen.
Empowering Women and Girls through Sports: When Final Four Is Only the Start
On April 6, the first annual UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace synced with the midpoint of the U.S. Department of State's 2014 NCAA Women’s Final Four Basketball Program, a flagship multi-nation sports visitor program, administered under the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative.
Basketball Youth Visitors: Indonesia in Action
From March 17 to 29, ECA led an action-packed basketball program with 12 Indonesian teenage basketball players—six boys and six girls—and two coaches.
Sports Visitors from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela
Organized to coincide with the World Baseball Classics, ECA had a Sports Visitor program for baseball and softball youth coaches from March 1 to 11, 2013.
Bumping Up Efforts to Empower Women and Girls Worldwide: Gulf Nations Volleyball Coaches
Under the State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative, the Gulf Nations Volleyball Visitor Program brought 10 female volleyball coaches from Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Yemen to the U.S. for activities focused on the development of sports programs for women and girls.
One-on-one with Sports Envoy Sam Perkins and Sports Visitor Joseline Kenyi from South Sudan
In November 2012, Sports Diplomacy brought five South Sudanese coaches to the U.S. for a 10-day dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on developing youth basketball programs in the country.
Building Bonds with Burma through Basketball
Sports Diplomacy tipped off 2013 with the first-ever State Department Burmese sports visitor program.
South Sudan and Sports Diplomacy: Basketball Coaches from the World’s Newest Nation
Sports Diplomacy brought five coaches to the U.S. from South Sudan for a dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on creating opportunities for young South Sudanese to play basketball.