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Chengdu, August 2025 – This week, UTS President Stephan Fox is proudly representing United Through Sports at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China, showing support for all athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and the many dedicated youth and adults alike who make these Games possible. The World Games were founded on a powerful vision: to create a one-of-a-kind experience for athletes and host cities, all while inspiring communities through the positive values of sport. The 2025 Games in Chengdu are a perfect embodiment of this mission in action. And what a stage it is! Chengdu is world-famous as the home of the …

Medellín, July 26, 2025 – As part of the ongoing partnership between UTS Colombia and Special Olympics Colombia, David Gonzalez, representing UTS in Colombia, joined forces with local young leaders to actively participate in the “No Barriers Cup”, a unified event organized by Special Olympics Colombia on Saturday, July 26th. This inspiring gathering brought together 700 athletes with disabilities from 10 municipalities across Colombia.  Throughout the day, participants engaged in a variety of activities, including futsal, basketball, athletics, dance sports and more. The event was fully unified, with teams composed of athletes with and without disabilities participating together in all …

Geneva, July 30, 2025 – To mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, two leading nonprofit organizations have jointly launched The Line We Don’t Cross, a global campaign to raise awareness of child exploitation, abuse and trafficking in sport.  The initiative is led by Mission 89 official ambassador and professional footballer Ashleigh Plumptre. It is intended to unite sports federations, professional clubs, agent associations, corporate sponsors, regional bodies and member states behind a commitment to ethical recruitment practices and enhanced safeguarding measures.  Plumptre, a WAFCON champion, remarked that “the reality is that fake agents frequently exploit the dreams of young children …

Dusseldorf, Germany: This week, the FISU World University Games 2025 officially opened with a spectacular ceremony in Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region. The multi-city event began with a grand celebration of youth and sport, marking the start of the most sustainable and inclusive edition of the World University Games to date. Held across the cities of Bochum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, and Mülheim an der Ruhr, the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 Games will welcome more than 10,000 student-athletes from over 170 countries. Taking place from 16 to 27 July, this year’s event emphasize sustainability and inclusion, highlighted by the integration of para-sport events. For the …

UTS celebrates the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD)’s new initiative as a powerful reinforcement of the global mission to use sport as a tool for inclusion, development, and safeguarding of the youth. As an organisation that has worked extensively across Southeast Asia, UTS commend the IOC and AFD for their commitment. The initiative aims to tackle youth crime in Southeast Asia by using sport to engage vulnerable and at-risk youth. Backed by a grant mechanism, the initiative will fund community-based projects that use sport to build resilience, promote inclusion, and prevent involvement in crime and …