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Sports Diplomacy News
09/16/2013 – 09/29/2013
- 09/16/2013 – For the first time, South Korean athletes have competed in an international sporting event in the North. Weightlifters could march with their national flag when attending the inaugural ceremony. After the victory of a South Korean sportsman, the national anthem of the ROK has even been played. This situation can be perceived as a milestone for two countries that are trying to ease tensions after a spring of war threats.
Read more on the New Zealand Herald website
Read more on the Northwest Asian Weekly website
- 09/17/2013 – The Sindh Women Football Committee and the Karachi City Sports Association have organized a football clinic for 60 girls in Pakistan’s largest city. This event was part of sports diplomacy programme set up for underprivileged children. It enabled girls to follow their passion for football in a region which has to deal with serious security issues and a lack of resources.
Read more on the International Herald Tribune website
- 09/18/2013 – A key event for sports diplomacy, and peace, the Great Lake Friendship Games will take place Luvungi (Democratic Republic of Congo). More than 300 young people – aged 9 to 15 – will participate in the 4th edition of the tournament. They come from various communities that have been plagued by long-lasting conflicts. The goal is to promote the sports culture of tolerance and respect.
Read more on Aroundtherings.com
- 09/19/2013 – On 18th September 2013, the Olympic Youth Development Centre from Lusaka (Zambia) has received a donation of K350.000, including an assortment of sports equipment. David Young, chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Zambia, affirmed on the following day that sports diplomacy represents an integral part of work to build and maintain good relationships with other countries.
- 09/24/2013 – China and South Korea held their first ever forum on public diplomacy in late September. The two nations aim to foster non-governmental-level ties in order to build trust between them. The program of this bilateral public diplomacy forum encompasses sectors like sports, culture and education. Sports exchanges will be used to tear down the wall of misunderstanding between both peoples.
Read more on the Yonhap News Agency website
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