By Iris Albulet and Andrew Aris from Spirit of Football Have you digested the World Cup Final yet? What a tournament it has been: The quality of the games, the excitement, the support, the top-class football and the raw emotion…. [Read More]
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The World Cup Final – a triumph for Women’s Football overshadowed by uninvited kiss
By Andrew Aris, Spirit of Football Did you feel conflicted watching Spain win the World Cup on August 20th? I did. I was cheering for Spain’s incredible tiki-taka style of passing football that I just can’t help but love. At… [Read More]
Sustainability on The Ball in remote South West Australia
14th to 19th of August: Vitas Carosella, who has been writing passionately about sustainability and football, even a feature on The Ball, connected us to Vasse Soccer Club in South West Australia that strives to be sustainable, using Forest Green… [Read More]
Pledges from our Football for Good colleagues
Festival23 brought female young leaders from across the world as well as representatives (staff, managers, directors etc.) of Football for Good organisations. All of the people at Festival23 are engaged, often committing their life work, to football for good and… [Read More]
#PassItOn: The Ball meets Generation Amazing
During Festival23 more than 75 female youth leaders from Football for Good (F4G) organisations from all over the world came together in Sydney around the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Ball was also part of this inspiring F4G festival,… [Read More]
Inspirational Women at the Football for Good Forum in Sydney
During the second to last day of Festival23, on August 12, 2023, the Football for Good Forum was held in a collaborative space designed to communicate and embed the positive impact women’s football can have as a driver towards a… [Read More]
Workshop OFC Middle Managers: The Isotonic Power of a Coconut
By Andrew, Director of Spirit of Football How significant is climate change in the minds of youth leaders in the Pacific? Going on the attendance at our workshop: red hot, excuse the climate pun (credit: Barry Weston). All but one… [Read More]
Workshop Youth Leaders: Climate Change and Gender Inequality
By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and member of our Spirit of Football Family Arriving early to the sprawling campus of Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in the north suburbs, Festival23 was buzzing with positive… [Read More]
The passing of a real friend of football: Martin Tofinga of Kiribati
Martin Tofinga was larger than life – in every sense of the term. That makes it so incredibly hard for those who were close to him to come to terms with the fact that he is no longer with us…. [Read More]
“Marvelous Matildas Beat Blokes on the way to the top” – Round of 16 in Sydney
Marvelous Matildas Beat Blokes on the way to the top was the front page headline of the Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney on Wednesday August 9th (Aussie star player Sam Kerr was all over the back page too). The Matildas… [Read More]
The Ball at festival 23
By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and part of our Spirit of Football Family The Ball’s journey has landed in Sydney! For 8 days, we were a part of Festival23, where we were leading a handful… [Read More]
The Ball meets Power! – Powerchair Football Victoria
By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and part of our Spirit of Football Family: Powerchair football is the greatest sport you have probably never heard about. Let me be the first to say: THIS FOOTBALL IS… [Read More]