Sports
GOALSCORE: What can sports do against gender violence?
Violence against women remains a major social problem, worldwide and across the EU. In an effort to take active prevention, GOALSCORE and its partners believe sports and more specifically football, can play an important role in tackling gender violence among …
Romanian football fans and sustainability
In the framework of the LIFE TACKLE project, we not only look at professionals in the sporting sector but also at the fans, who breathe so much life into football.
Swedish football fans and sustainability
The Swedish Football Association and LIFE TACKLE partner, interviewed a number of Swedish football fans to bring to light their own understanding of sustainability in sport, and what this means to them.
Swedish football and sustainability
Magdalena Eriksson shares her thoughts about how football can contribute to sustainability initiatives.
Italian football fans and sustainability
In the framework of the LIFE TACKLE project, we are not only looking at professionals in the sporting sector (stadium managers, footballers, team owners, etc) but also at those who breathe so much life into football: the fans. FIGC, the Italian …
Sustainability at Stadio Olimpico
In the framework of the Life TACKLE project, the Stadio Olimpico in Rome has been making changes to be more environmentally friendly. Stadium Manager Andrea Santini explains the steps they have already taken, and the plans they have for the future.
Florinel Coman and Dennis Man: ‘Football can help the environment’
Florinel Coman and Dennis Man speak about the contributions that football can make towards sustainability. For more information on the project, be sure to check out https://lifetackle.eu/
Sustainable Football with Salvatore Sirigu and Elena Linari
Salvatore Sirigu and Elena Linari speak about bringing sustainability into football and into their lives.
Rui Pinto: hacker, criminal, or whistleblower?
Outraged by what Ana Gomes, an outgoing MEP with the Socialists & Democrats, says is Rui Pinto’s unjust detention, deep seated corruption in Portuguese public life and the European football industry, she has launched a campaign of support for Pinto.
Udo Bullmann on Trump, social justice and football
In our Over A Beer video series this month, Euractiv’s Brian Maguire chats with German MEP Udo Bullmann, vice-president of the Socialists and Democrats political group in the European Parliament.
Good governance in sport and betting
"Good governance in sport and betting" explores the relationship between sports and the regulated betting industry and their role in the fight against match-fixing and corruption in sport. It examines the different approaches implemented so far by a range of stakeholders, including the regulated betting industry, sport organizations, regulatory and law enforcement bodies, national and international policy institutions and player organizations to detect, deter and punish those that seek to manipulate sporting events for financial gain.
The Sustainable Financing of Grassroots Sport – Hosted by the European Lotteries
The European Lotteries Association is a proud partner of the European Week of Sport, with its members providing sustainable funding of more than €2 Billion to European sport each year.
Tim Shriver: Intellectually disabled people still face mocking, humiliation
Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver welcomed the EU's initiatives to promote social inclusion through sport, but warned that intellectually disabled people are still facing “mocking, humiliation, denial of medical care, denial of education” across the continent.
Special Olympics opens with focus on medical care
On Saturday, more than ten thousand people gathered at the special Olympics’ opening ceremony in Belgium, where athletes with intellectual disabilities will compete over the coming days.
Commission: Integration, social inclusion ‘key’ in new EU sports plan
Integration and social inclusion will be “key aspects” in the new EU plan for sports, head of the European Commission Sport's Unit Yves Le Lostecque has said.
Parliament welcomes Special Olympics flame
After traveling 450 km across 15 Belgian cities for four days, the Special Olympics torch arrived in Brussels on Tuesday.
People stare at you. They make you feel different.
In this brief message, soccer player Barry Cairns talks about what it's like to be a Special Olympics athlete.
EU funds Special Olympics with €1.7 million
2,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from 58 countries are set to compete in 10 Olympic Sports.