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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 …