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Premier League Goes (RED) for AIDS Campaign

The Premier League has gone (RED) this weekend to help raise funds for the “Lace Up. Save Lives” AIDS charity campaign.
A specially-designed Nike ball is being used in all matches from Saturday to Monday. Meanwhile, players Cesc Fabregas, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott, Fernando Torres and other stars will also wear Nike [...]

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Kevin Wall to Lead World Cup Kickoff Event

The BBC reported that a major chartiy concert has been announced to kick off the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The event will take place June 10 at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg.
The show is being staged by Kevin Wall, who produced the Live 8 and Live Earth events. [...]

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Houston Wins Hometown Dynamo Charities Cup

The MLS Houston Dynamo played Mexico’s CF Monterrey this weekend in the inaugural Dynamo Charities Cup friendly event. A crowd of 10,456 was on hand to see a Dynamo victory.
Dynamo COO Chris Canetti told MLSnet.com’s Andrew Ferraro that he wants the Dynamo Charities Cup to become an annual event that fans look forward to [...]

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New Athletes for Hope PSA Supports ThanksUSA

In September, Athletes for Hope invited members of the U.S. Men’s Soccer team in Salt Lake City to film a PSA to support ThanksUSA, a non-profit that is thanking Americas troops and families with the gift of education.
ThanksUSA provides two year, four year, and vocational school scholarships based on financial need and [...]

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This Week’s PSA: US Soccer Foundation

The mission of the U.S. Soccer Foundation is to improve the health and well being of children in urban economically disadvantaged areas using soccer as a vehicle for social change. The organization has taken a leading role in supporting the continuous development of the sport at all levels. $50 million in grants, financial support [...]

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Miami’s Minority Soccer Development Planning Youth World Cup; Two Wizards Help Tour De Forks Benefit

In Miami, Adam Beasley noted the charity legends soccer game at FIU Stadium later this month. The match will benefit Minority Soccer Development, “which encourages underprivileged youths to play the game.”
Minority Soccer Development Director of Education Frank Perez: “We’re making a real, concerted effort to reach out to children most underprivileged. Soccer [...]

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Soccer: Sounders FC Partners with Nothing But Nets

The Seattle Sounders FC have partnered with Nothing But Nets to launch a Bed Net fundraising campaign by inviting fans to make a donation at the March 28 Sounders FC match at the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field. Fans contributed at ticket gates, the Pro Shop at Qwest Field or through soundersfc.com. Donations [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

The 24 Hours of Booty tops this week’s news bytes. The official 24 hour cycling event of the Lance Armstrong Foundation is getting some help from NASCAR driver and avid cyclist Bobby Labonte. After the jump, we’ve got bytes on LeBron James, Brandon Webb, Diego and others.

24 Hours of Booty: 24 Hours of [...]

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Changemakers Search for Ways to Use Sports to Help Girls and Women Ending Soon

You’ve got one week left to to propose a way to leverage sport for positive social change in the lives of girls and women. The Nike Gamechangers “Change the Game for Women in Sport” initiative will close submissions on February 25. This project hopes to catalyze change for women through sport and bring [...]

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Charity Soccer Match in Nepal Proves Soccer Violence is Worldwide Issue

Charity Soccer Match in Nepal (4:38)
This video, which originally aired as part of the Goalisimo program, chronicles a charity soccer tournament in Cavre Nepal’s poor rural district. Unfortunately, as CozmicTV suggests, “It just goes to prove that Football violence is a world wide problem, although you don’t normally get you local football hooligan throwing [...]

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The U.K.’s Great Football Giveaway Delivers 2,250 Soccer Balls to Zambia

The Great Football Giveaway in Zambia (3:26)
The Great Football Giveaway visited Zambia last October and November to deliver 2250 footballs (well, soccer balls to some) to schools and community centers across the country.
The U.K.based organization explains its mission this way, “No kid should be denied the chance to kick a ball about. [...]

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In South Africa, “Street Soccer” is Being Used to Reach Kids That Live on the Streets

From Us With Love – Street Soccer (4:27)
From Us With Love is working with the Western Cape Street Soccer League in South Africa to regain trust and change a street person’s life through sport. The league uses soccer as a means of involving children and youth that live, work and sleep on the [...]

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