Mayor Nutter was joined by some of Philadelphia's biggest sporting names on Wednesday 17th April to announce that the city will stage the Beyond Sport Summit & Awards 2013 – following in the footsteps of London, UK in 2012 and Cape Town, South Africa in 2011.
Beyond Sport, the global organisation that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change, is delighted to announce that entries are now open on for this year’s Beyond Sport Awards – with the winners to be unveiled at the Beyond Sport Summit, to be held in Philadelphia in September.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed Beyond Sport to support the IOC Sport for All Commission throughout the build-up to the 15th IOC World Conference on Sport for All, to be held in Lima, Peru in April 2013. The IOC Sport for All Commission was established in 1983 with the primary aim of encouraging and supporting efforts to disseminate the health and social benefits of sport.
The world’s leading sports teams will gather at Yankee Stadium on November 13th, when Beyond Sport United welcomes the leaders of the most popular sports on the planet amongst a powerful group of star names and influential figures who will come together to explore and expand their organizations’ role in social change.
It is with profound sadness that we have learnt of the deaths of four young people who participated in Skateistan – the remarkable skateboarding project from Afghanistan.
The winners of the Beyond Sport Awards 2012 were revealed in London on Wednesday 25th July, bringing to an end the annual Beyond Sport Summit.
Two of the most iconic and beloved sportsmen of all time, David Beckham and Muhammad Ali, will present the inaugural Generation Ali Beyond Sport Award at the Beyond Sport Summit Reception in London on Tuesday evening, kicking off what promises to be the most influential 24 hours in the history of sport for development.
In the week that the Olympic Games come to London, Populous, the designers of the Olympic Stadium, will renew the discussion on the importance of sustainability and the impact of stadia on their local community, as well as share unique insights into the development of the Olympic Stadium.
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