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]
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]
“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]
The Ball and American Consul meet Women’s Street Soccer Program
By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and part of our Spirit of Football Family Continuing our work around Melbourne we visited The Big Issue Street Soccer women’s programme, which supports disadvantaged and marginalized women, many of… [Read More]
Spirit of Resilience – The Afghan National Women’s Team
By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and part of the Spirit of Football Family: One of the most powerful stories on the global football stage the past year and a half surrounds the extraordinary escape of… [Read More]
North Melbourne Street Soccer Program Inclusion Workshop
After the prison workshop, we headed to George’s Big Issue Street Soccer Programme at the North Melbourne Community Center. This programme focuses on the reintegration of former prisoners into society and also works with diverse nationalities who have migrated and… [Read More]
Andrew brings The Ball back to his old school: Auckland Grammar
28th of July: 2,800 boys attend Auckland Grammar School, one of New Zealand’s most storied and traditional schools, in the heart of central Auckland. I (Andrew Aris, director of Spirit of Football Germany) went there from 1991 to 1995 –… [Read More]