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European Tour claims golf first with commitment to UN’s Sports for Climate Action Framework
The European Tour group has become a signatory to the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework, and its Race to Zero pledge, claiming it is the first professional golf tour to take such a step
China says it has hit 300m winter sports participation target
China has realised its goal of engaging 300m people in winter sports ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, according to a report from its National Bureau of Statistics
Singapore golf club commits to climate action
Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore is the world’s first golf club to join the United Nation’s sports for climate action initiative.
Griezmann heads all-star line-up for Orsen’s Solidarity Challenge
Sports marketing agency Orsen has revealed the line up of figures from across the world of sports and entertainment who will compete in its Solidarity Challenge, an initiative created in partnership with…
Orsen launches Solidarity Challenge to raise funds for WHO’s Covid-19 response fund
Sports marketing agency Orsen has announced the launch of the Solidarity Challenge, an initiative created in partnership with video game developer Konami to raise funds on behalf of the Covid-19 Solidarity…
UN launches programme to safeguard sport from terror attacks
Sports federation representatives and ambassadors met at the United Nations headquarters in New York yesterday to launch a programme aimed at protecting major sports events from terrorist attacks
United Nations adopts truce resolution for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The UN General Assembly has adopted a 'truce resolution' ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games in a gesture aimed at using the Olympics to promote world peace
Big Data can make sport “an overwhelming power for good”, says Ban Ki-moon
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has used his opening remarks to the SportAccord Summit in Gold Coast to say that sport can serve as an “overwhelming power for good in the world”.