Asif Reza Akash recently wrote about FIFA World Cup fandom in Bangladesh. Here, Alvin Ma, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, offers a complement to those experiences with a perspective from halfway around the world in Toronto, Canada. Whereas Bangladeshi people are watching FIFA World Cup matches at 10 pm, 1 am, and 4 am; Toronto …
World Cup 2014 brought fans all the expected thrills of the beautiful game, but for Ryan Bachoo, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago, one thrill was the scope of online coverage of the event. Now that the World Cup is over, it’s back to life as usual for football fans. It’s been a …
Commonwealth Sports Ministers should consider how to encourage young people to become more involved in sport to improve their self-worth and confidence, while also enhancing their health and academic success, writes Olivia Hart, 16, a Correspondent from London, United Kingdom. Sports Ministers across the Commonwealth will come together for a meeting on the 21st July two days before …
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Team Commonwealth is an apt theme for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, says George Stanley Njoroge, 28, a Correspondent from Nairobi in Kenya, who argues that teamwork – especially among the youth of Commonwealth countries – is the key to sustainable development and an equitable future. This year, as the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games continue …
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During a visit to China Alvin Ma, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, explored some of the political and tourist stereotypes that dominate western concepts about the country. What he found was a pleasant surprise. “Yīnwèi wǒ láizì jiānádà, wǒ de pǔtōnghuà bù hǎo, wǒ huì shuōzhǐyǒu yīngwén, duìbùqǐ.” I scribbled the above romanized Chinese words …
The value of major sporting events should be measured in the sense of togetherness and inclusion they create, writes Carl Konadu, coordinator of the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace working group, a network supported by the Commonwealth Youth Programme. The XX Commonwealth Games 2014 took place in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23rd through …
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Disappointed with Africa’s results in World Cup 2014, Alphonse Akouyu, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Bamenda in Cameroon, suggests tapping the continent’s wealth of street football players to train the sport stars and managers of the future. The dismal performance of some African teams at World Cup 2014 has made football stakeholders begin pondering about developing …
In early January 2014, Geetha Kanniah, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Malaysia, joined a team of amateur and experienced mountain climbers to hike up hills and mountains every weekend. Their objective is the Everest base camp, but there are important lessons to be learned along the way. Our objective: to trek up to base camp …
Cricket is a unifying sport in the Caribbean, writes Ryan Bachoo, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago, but he argues that the league needs administrative attention to improve the quality of play. Caribbean and cricket go hand in hand. It is, without a doubt, the single unifying factor in the West Indies region, bringing …
Sport can be a powerful means of promoting development, but Malcolm McEachern, 22, a Correspondent from Halifax, Canada, now living in the UK, argues that without adequate funding and rules the programs can fall short of their goals. The recent success of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, highlights that sport is truly an international …
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