ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
United Through Sports (UTS) is an alliance of many organisations and people working together through sports, to bring inclusion, unity and equality to the world.
WHAT WE DO
UTS brings people together working towards unified goals which place youth at the centre. Together we take positive steps forward towards reducing challenges including discrimination and inequality.
OUR EVENTS
We organise different events in which youth, sport and education are central. We unite to ensure that every child has an opportunity on the playing field of life.
LATEST NEWS
Somewhere right now, a child is practising a backflip in their back garden. Another is writing verses that haven’t found their stage yet. Another is coding something nobody’s asked for but everybody will want. United Through Sports wants to see all of it. As the road to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games heats up, UTS has thrown open a global stage for young talent, and the only ticket in is a phone camera and thirty seconds of nerves. The Rise of Teranga launched on International Youth Day, August 12th, and the name says everything about what the goal is. …
On 5 August 2026, Julia Govinden, CEO of United Through Sports (UTS), attended the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Athletes Congress and Partners Reception with Bank of America in Singapore. Held alongside the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Athlete Congress, the reception brought Athlete Leaders together with business representatives and long-standing partners of the movement. At the heart of the evening was a simple but important purpose: to listen directly to people with intellectual disabilities and learn from their experiences. The event marked another meaningful moment in the relationship between UTS and Special Olympics. Both organisations believe that sport can create …
United Through Sports is bursting with pride as our UTS Young Leader Husnah Kukundakwe made history at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning silver in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB8. This is Uganda’s first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in swimming, and the country’s first medal of the Games. It was also Uganda’s first Commonwealth Games medal in any Para sport, and its first in any sport outside athletics or boxing. A single swim and three pieces of history. A Race for the Ages Competing as Team Uganda’s co captain, the 19-year-old touched the wall in 1:26.20, holding off a fast-finishing Iona …
Contact Us
Maison du Sport
Avenue de Rhodanie 54,
1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
