The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) Athlete Impact Labs are interactive sessions designed exclusively for athletes and officials at The Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games as part of the official cultural and personal development programme. Many Commonwealth athletes have become role models – inspiring others on and off the field of play – and these fun, …
Development in sports can be created by a top-down or a bottom-up approach, writes Dennis Kwasi Boateng, 28, a Correspondent living in London, as he considers the best option for sports development in Africa. This particular topic has been frustrating, due to the generally passive nature of Africans and sports, and to the steadily increasing …
Recognition of sport and whether it can play a role in supporting employment is an issue African governments are considering, writes Dennis Kwasi Boateng, 28, a Correspondent living in London. His experience in the field gives him confidence about where it can lead. Before enrolment on my MSc in Sports Management, some of my relatives …
Alvin Ma, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, describes the powerful combination of sport and education in creating a fairer future for the Commonwealth. “I wouldn’t claim to have made any great discoveries, but at any rate I satisfactorily inched forward in our knowledge of a particular aspect of medicine…I’m far more content with that …
On the final day of the 11th Commonwealth Youth Forum, the young people of the Commonwealth finalised their declaration, expressing their policy recommendations to Heads of Government and action plan for the Commonwealth Youth Council. Layne Robinson, Head of Social Policy Development at the Commonwealth Secretariat said that the young people spoke very clearly on …
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The Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Network is recruiting new members to join our Steering Committee. The Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace (CYSDP) Network is the leading and driving voice, for youth in the Commonwealth, towards promoting best practices in Sport for Development and Peace. We are seeking to add five …
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2018 is scheduled for this month in London, England and Devanshi Rathi 18 years old, a Correspondent from New Delhi, India now based in California, USA is a lover of the game. She argues that beyond building critical thinking and mental skills in able-bodied competitors, the sport of kings also creates …
As 2019 gears up, there is so much to look forward to in the sport for development space as we reflect on some of the highlights in 2018. In October, The United Nations Human Rights (UNHR) Social Forum in Geneva initiated discussions that have set the tone for sport for development for 2019. This was …
In Africa, women are making great inroads into various aspects of sports. Unfortunately, sports journalism has not been one of them. But a new crop of female sports commentators and reporters are planning to change that. Promise Forsuh, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Bamenda, Cameroon, spoke to Cameroonian female sports journalist Cynthia Wanchia, about her role. …
The cancellation of sporting events due to the coronavirus has had a devastating effect on one of the most powerful forces for peace and unity in a time when the world needs it most, writes Alvin Ma, a 28-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada. He is hopeful that people across the globe will utilize other avenues …