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Tag Archives: Grassroots

Manchester City’s City in the Community staff visit Ghana!

Two staff members from the Club’s charity, City in the Community (CITC) recently visited Ghana as part of a Manchester City and Xylem project to help provide clean water access to communities in Cape Coast. Sean Dwyer and Tom Upton, two CITC coaches teamed up with a dedicated team of …

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Real Madrid & Endesa sign collaboration for Foundation’s schools in Spain, Portugal & Morocco!

The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, received the CEO of Endesa, José Bogas, to Real Madrid Sport City to sign the renewal of the collaboration between the electricity company and the Real Madrid Foundation, which is now in its 13th season. The alliance enables the sustainability of the Real …

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Al Jazeera VIDEO: Why Kolkata has a special connection with Real Madrid?

The Indian city of Kolkata is known for its love of football. It is also where The Real Madrid Foundation (RMF) funds coaching for underprivileged children. Coaches say the sport is making the children more confident and sociable. Kolkata is one of India’s biggest football hubs. From Messi to Maradona, …

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FIFA Football for Schools strengthens formative role of sport among Ecuador youth!

During the launch festival for the Football for Schools Programme in Ecuador, a ten-year-old boy approached the instructor, Orly Salas, and told him he was tired. He had just participated in six of the nine on-pitch activity stations and explained that, because he rarely exercised, he was feeling the pace …

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VIDEO: Best Moments of Bengaluru FC KSFA Soccer Shield!

The sixth edition of the BFC KSFA Soccer Shield culminated successfully at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Thursday, January 12. The three-day school tournament featured more than 800 kids who represented 28 schools from different parts of Karnataka. The teams were grouped in seven age groups across both the boys …

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Borussia Dortmund open first International Academy in China’s Xiamen!

In 2023 Borussia Dortmund opens his first international youth academy in China – Xiamen. The academy is brand new build on a former golf course, right next to the sea side at a south point of Xiamen which is well known for its mild climate throughout the year. The complex …

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Spontaneous Kosovo football project offers opportunities for children to play football!

The Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK) is continuing to work on the growth of football in the country. Since Kosovo has a young population, the federation is implementing projects to involve young people in football. Also, the growth of Kosovo’s and the world’s favourite sport is one of the FFK’s …

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Diverse communities unite through football in Chinese Taipei!

With the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Dream Asia Foundation, the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) collaborated with the Global Worker’s Organization (GWO), to hold a Migrant Workers’ World Cup along with other sporting events, from October 15 to November 19, 2022. The month-long festivities provided workers from …

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VIDEO: Partners of Bengaluru FC KSFA Soccer Shield!

The sixth edition of the BFC KSFA Soccer Shield culminated successfully at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Thursday, January 12. The three-day school tournament featured more than 800 kids who represented 28 schools from different parts of Karnataka. The teams were grouped in seven age groups across both the boys …

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Bayern Munich Women visit school and train with girls in Doha!

It was back to the classroom for FC Bayern Munich Women as they visited a local girls’ school on Thursday morning as part of their winter training camp in Doha. Women’s sporting director Bianca Rech, FC Bayern director of media and communications Stefan Mennerich, and players Ivana Rudelic and Cecilía …

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