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2nd EDITION 2013 MICHAEL PHELPS INSPIRES YOUNG PEOPLE IN RIO DE JANEIRO EDWIN MOSES ON THE NEW WORLD OF LAUREUS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HEAD COACH ANDRÉ VILLAS-BOAS VISITS STREET LEAGUE LONDON - 1 - OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS HAVE CHANGED THE LIVES OF more than one-and-a-half million YOUNG PEOPLE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, LAUREUS HAS RAISED OVER €60 MILLION AND SUPPORTS MORE THAN 140 sport and development PROJECTS WORLDWIDE. MEMBERS OF THE LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS ACADEMY Giacomo Agostini Motor Cycling Marcus Allen American Football Franz Beckenbauer Football Boris Becker Tennis Ian Botham Cricket Sergey Bubka Athletics Bobby Charlton Football Sebastian Coe Athletics Nadia Comaneci Gymnastics Yaping Deng Table Tennis Marcel Desailly Football Kapil Dev Cricket Mick Doohan Motorcycling David Douillet Judo Emerson Fittipaldi Motor Racing Sean Fitzpatrick Rugby (Deputy Chairman) Dawn Fraser Swimming Cathy Freeman Athletics Tanni Grey-Thompson Paralympic Athletics Marvelous Marvin Hagler Boxing Mika Häkkinen Motor Racing Tony Hawk Skateboarding Mike Horn Explorer Miguel Indurain Cycling Michael Johnson Athletics Kip Keino Athletics Franz Klammer Skiing Dan Marino American Football Edwin Moses Athletics (Chairman) Nawal El Moutawakel Athletics Robby Naish Windsurfing/Kiteboarding Ilie Nastase Tennis Martina Navratilova Tennis Alexey Nemov Gymnastics Jack Nicklaus Golf Gary Player Golf Morné du Plessis Rugby Hugo Porta Rugby Steve Redgrave Rowing Vivian Richards Cricket Monica Seles Tennis Mark Spitz Swimming Daley Thompson Athletics Alberto Tomba Skiing Steve Waugh Cricket IN 1996 AT ATLANTA, LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER MICHAEL JOHNSON BECAME THE ONLY ATHLETE IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF OLYMPIC HISTORY Katarina Witt Ice Skating TO CLINCH THE DOUBLE OVER 200 AND 400 METRES AT THE SAME GAMES - LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION - CONTENTS 04 OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE 32 IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN global report Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus All over the world our commitment makes a big Sport for Good Foundation, shares his vision difference to young peoples lives for the future 34 AndrÉ Villas-Boas 10 from rio to woolwich Meets youngsters securing jobs through football Young people from Luta Pela Paz, Rio de Janeiro, at Street League in London journey to East London to visit their sister project Fight for Peace 36 Michael VaughAn PruProtect Chance to Ride with Michael Vaughan 12 NEW AMBASSADORS Tim Henman and Luis Figo talk about their passion 38 LAUREUS polo cup 2013 for becoming a Laureus Ambassador The best polo players in the world come together at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor UK to raise funds for 14 monitoring & Evaluation Fundación Laureus Argentina Laureus pioneers innovations in the sport for development sector 40 MIKA HÄKKINEN Travels to South Africa for a race with a difference 16 mercedes-benz global report Laureus World Sports Academy Member 41 ALEXEY nemov Franz Beckenbauer travels to Rio de Janeiro to A story worth telling donate football boots to Laureus-supported project Bola pra Frente 42 Spirit of sport Martina Navratilova talks exclusively to Laureus’ 18 Laureus World sports awards 2013 Spirit of Sport TV programme This year the Laureus World Sports Awards were held in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro 43 Get Involved Take part in one of our activities and help raise 24 MIchael Phelps funds for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Enjoys every minute of giving swimming lessons to young people at Rocinha Sports Centre, 44 Worldwide projects Rio de Janeiro Laureus-supported projects across the globe 28 AT THE HEART OF SPORT 46 our AMBASSADORS The biggest names on the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro 47 National Foundation Directory - 03 - OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE BY EDWIN MOSES, CHAIRMAN LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION hen Laureus was first established in 2000, there was little widespread understanding of how the power of sport could be used Wto change society and improve people’s lives. Today, thanks in part to the pioneering work of Laureus, there is a real awareness among governments and international agencies that sport can play a significant role in helping them to achieve their objectives. Over the years Laureus has developed an innovative concept which has helped grassroots sport-based organisations to function effectively, derived from the vision of Nelson Mandela, the Patron of Laureus. President Mandela told us in a speech he delivered at the first Laureus World Sports Awards ‘Sport has the power to change the world’ and subsequently the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation was formed with the mission to fund and promote the use of sport as a tool for social change. Laureus today, as it was in the beginning, is still a funder of community sports programmes around the world. Indeed we have pumped more than €60 million into projects since 2000 and we currently support more than 140 projects in 34 countries. But in recent years Laureus has gone far beyond this and has pioneered significant innovations in the TOP: LAUREUS ACADEMY CHAIRMAN EDWIN MOSES SHOWS HIS STYLE IN THE sport for development world. OLYMPIC 400 METRES HURDLES SEMI-FINAL IN AUGUST 1984 IN LOS ANGELES ON THE WAY TO HIS SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL BOTTOM: LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBERS STEVE REDGRAVE, MICHAEL Without over-stating the case, I really see this as a JOHNSON & SEBASTIAN COE AT THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT TRACK ACADEMY, UNITED KINGDOM transformation of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation as RIGHT: LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER TONY HAWK DURING A LAUREUS VISIT we know it. TO ROCINHA, RIO DE JANEIRO - 04 - laureus has pioneered significant innovations in the sport for development world - 05 - - OUR VISION - LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION SANDRO ROSELL, PRESIDENT OF FC BARCELONA, AT THE LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD SUMMIT 2013 AT CAMP NOU STADIUM these are the areas ‘ where i believe laureus is a world leader today’ A GLOBAL TRAINING Laureus has invested over €1 million to develop a broad NETWORK package of training in the sport for social change sector, including training in peace building through sport, crime Since 2000, when Laureus made its first grants to innovative prevention through sport, employability through sport, projects using sport to inspire young people, Laureus youth leadership through sport and tackling violence has supported projects on every continent. An admirable through sport. The coaches and young leaders that are achievement, but for many years there was very little co- trained are then able to go out and become role models ordination or contact between projects and countries. in their community. In 2012 Laureus trained a total of 51 organisations worldwide. Now things are different and countless projects and the young people they serve are reaping the benefits of having an effective global network of grassroots sports MONITORING & programmes, connected to one another through Laureus summits, project exchanges, training camps, and youth EVALUATION focused retreats. Laureus has partnered with two organisations to develop a At the Camp Nou Stadium of FC Barcelona last year, bespoke package of training and software support to enable project leaders from all 34 countries joined members of projects to measure the changes they deliver to the lives of the Laureus World Sports Academy to share knowledge and young people. In short to evaluate whether these projects are ideas, undergo training and develop joint initiatives around working effectively and whether donated funds are delivering the use of sport to improve the lives of young people. For maximum impact. Training to use these tools has already been me, it was memorable. A perfect example of the Laureus delivered to 28 organisations in nine countries worldwide. family growing and flourishing. - 06 - ACADEMY MEMBER MIGUEL INDURAIN TAKES PART IN LAST YEAR’S LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD SUMMIT HOSTED AT FC BARCELONA’S CAMP NOU STADIUM EARLIER IN THE YEAR 2012, MIGUEL INDURAIN AND GABRIEL MASFURROLL, CHAIRMAN OF FUNDACIÓN LAUREUS ESPAÑA, HAD PRESENTED THE 2012 LAUREUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD TO FC BARCELONA INCLUDING LIONEL MESSI, CARLOS PUYOL AND ERIC ABIDAL - 07 - LAUREUS connects to government AND OPINION MAKERS IN SEPTEMBER 2012 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON VISITS THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT LUTA PELA PAZ IN THE FAVELA OF COMPLEXO DA MARÉ - 08 - - OUR VISION - LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION ADVOCACY Laureus is now a significant and loud voice in the sport for development world. Laureus World Sports Academy Members, by nature of their success, are able to open doors and make governments and opinion makers listen. In 2012 and 2013 we saw initiatives promoting the use of sport, taking place around the world: Laureus representatives presented research and opinion for discussion on Capitol Hill in Washington, the UK House of Commons in London and at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio de Janeiro. LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER NAWAL EL MOUTAWAKEL AT LAUREUS- RESEARCH SUPPORTED PEACEPLAYERS PROJECT IN DURBAN Laureus published seven research articles in 2012 in partnership with universities and other centres of sport science excellence around the world. This comes on the back of ground-breaking Laureus-funded research reports such as the Teenage Kicks and Sport Scores which showed that community sports projects are highly cost effective when it comes to tackling community challenges and can provide governments and tax payers with significant returns. Laureus is more than ever committed to helping young people to transform their lives through the positive power of sport, now and in the future. There are countless examples of young people whose lives In this latest edition of the Laureus Magazine, you can read have been changed by attending a Laureus-supported more about the Laureus approach and meet more of the programme, giving them a new direction, greater confidence young people whose lives have been transformed by the and self-esteem and the chance to stay out of trouble or power of sport. I hope you enjoy it and share with me the increase their chances of employment.