The Ball has led over a hundret workshops in about FairPlay, Climate Action and Gender Equality in 21 countries. Over 13,000 signatures and pledges for Sustainability and Gender Equality. In December 2023, The Ball visited its 22nd and final country,… [Read More]
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COP28 Diary 3: Presenting The Ball at the Extreme Hangout
Read here how The Ball was presented at the COP28 Extreme Hangout and met climate activists as well as footballer Jordan Henderson and musician Matt Sorum. Spirit of Football was able to present The Ball and its stories at the… [Read More]
COP28 Diary 2: Ministers, Indigenous peoples and Gurudev
Read here, how Spirit of Football representative Iris met indigenous leaders, environment ministers and the famous Indian guru Ravi Shankar. Dec 8, 2023 Ravi Shankar, often called Sri Sri (honorific) or Gurudev (teacher) is an Indian yoga guru, a spiritual… [Read More]
COP28 Diary 1: Pledges from Climate Action Leaders
COP is the Climate Conference by the United Nations, hosted by the UNFCCC secretariat (UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). In 2023, COP28 was hosted by the United Arab Emirates and was hosted in Dubai. For us as… [Read More]
The Ball at the Sport Positive Summit 2023
The Ball was lucky enough to be invited again to this year’s Sport Positive Summit in London. This is a conference where different stake holders from the sport industry come together to find ways to make sport more sustainable and… [Read More]
Final thoughts: The Impact of the Women’s World Cup and The Ball
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]
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]