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Results are Tagged with "Sports Envoy Program"

How Table Hockey is Helping Displaced Children in Ukraine Cope with Stress and PTSD

Olga Dolinina

Learn how table hockey is helping displaced children in Ukraine cope with stress and PTSD.

Iraqi Soccer Visitors: Leveling the Playing Field

Sports Diplomacy developed this female-focused sports diplomacy program to continue the State Department’s efforts in empowering and inspiring Iraqi women and girls through sports.

Sports Diplomacy Softball Envoys: A Hit in Nicaragua

As a member of the State Department’s Council to Empower Women and Girls through Sports, Jessica Mendoza truly engaged in “fieldwork” by leading a softball clinic for teenage girls in Nicaragua.

Under the Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative, Olympians Jessica Mendoza and Ruby Rojas went to Nicaragua as sports envoys in February of 2013.

Empowering Women and Girls: WNBA Basketball Envoys in Ukraine

The girls basketball team works with Tamika Raymond on drills and skills.

The State Department and NBA worked together to send former WNBA players Tamika Raymond and Nykesha Sales to Ukraine as Sports Envoys from January 28 to February 2, 2013.

Envoys Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown Travel to China

Kiesha Brown teaches ball handling to the girls from Shenhe Migrant Workers Elementary School in China.

Working with the Women’s National Basketball Association, the U.S. Department of State sent former WNBA stars Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown to Shenyang, China.

Ice Skating Success Story with Sports Envoy Evan Lysacek

Sports Envoy and Olympic Ice Skater Evan Lysacek leads a clinic on ice in Belarus.

Olympic gold medalist figure skater Evan Lysacek traveled to Sweden and Belarus as a Sports Envoy.

Sports Envoy Program

Athletes and coaches in various sports are chosen to serve as envoys or ambassadors of sport in overseas programs that include conducting clinics, visiting schools and speaking to youth.

Former U.S. Men's National Soccer Team Members Travel to Cyprus

Cypriot children run drills to improve strength and agility during soccer practice

Former U.S. Men's National Soccer Team members travel to Cyprus.

Cal Ripken, Jr. Leads International Sports Exchange with Japan

Cal Ripken Jr. traveled to Japan to work with kids affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Hall of fame baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., traveled to Japan on behalf of the Department of State to put on baseball clinics and work with kids affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Travel to Guatemala

Soccer Envoys Tracy Noonan and Shannon MacMillan pose with girls in Solala, Guatemala.

Partnering with US Soccer, the U.S. State Department sent former Women’s National Team Players Tracey Noonan and Shannon MacMillan to a sports envoy program in Guatemala.

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