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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 …
After finishing 11th worldwide at the 2026 CrossFit Games, UTS Young Leader Gia Griffith is emerging as one of her generation’s most exciting young athletes. Her success also carries a wider message for every girl who has been made to question whether strength belongs to her. At just 15, United States athlete and UTS Young Leader Gia Griffith left the 2026 CrossFit Games ranked 11th in the world in the Girls 14 – 15 division. The number captures the scale of her achievement, but not everything it took to reach it. A year earlier, in her first appearance at the …
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: From 16 to 26 June, Kuala Lumpur became the centre of the Muaythai world. Athletes, coaches, officials, media teams, volunteers and supporters gathered for two major international events held back to back: the first ever IFMA and ISF World School Muaythai Championships and the IFMA Senior World Championships 2026. Among them were three members of the United Through Sports team, Cheyenne, Aaliyan and Sean, each experiencing a world championship from the inside for the very first time. Sent to support IFMA across media, logistics and event operations, they spent ten days doing whatever the moment required: filming …
A World Youth Skills Day Reflection from United Through Sports Every day, millions of young people walk onto a field, court, track, pool, dojo or community space believing they are simply going to play sport. What they often do not realise is that they are also entering one of the world’s most powerful classrooms. Long before they step into a university lecture hall or their first workplace, sport is already teaching them how to communicate, solve problems, manage pressure, lead others, recover from failure and work alongside people from different cultures and backgrounds. These are not lessons found only in …
Before the Event Begins Before a young person steps onto a field, joins a warm-up, or tries a sport for the first time, there is already a quiet process taking place. It happens in meetings, in conversations, and in the questions asked long before the event begins. What will make this space feel safe? Who might need extra support? Which voices are missing from the planning? How do we make participation possible, but also meaningful? At United Through Sports, an inclusive sports programme does not begin with a schedule. It begins with listening. Rooted in the Community For every event, …
