On Saturday physically handicapped kids and youth teamed up with leading football players like Alain Sutter and Timo Konietzka for a charity game at the indoor football tournament in Bellikon. The six teams were led by no lesser personalities than Köbi Kuhn, Ottmar Hitzfeld and former FIFA referee Urs Meier.
Team Laureus in Bellikon with Ottmar Hitzfeld
Khayelitsha is one of the biggest townships in Cape Town. It sprawls across many square kilometres to the east of the city. Crime, illiteracy, HIV/AIDS and substance abuse are sadly too common. Many of the kids in the township are victims. Today lots of them are at the Future Champs project to meet Kelly Holmes.
Kelly Holmes and Morne du Plessis in Cape Town
Steve Waugh at the Magic Bus
Fabio Capello stated the importance of football’s role as a tool for social development at the launch of Eleven, a book featuring stories of how the sport is changing lives around the world. The event was also supported by FA Chairman Lord Triesman.
Photo, left to right, Steve Fleming, Lord Triesman, Fabio Capello, Pete Fleming
The England coach said: “We are a rich sport and we need to put ourselves at the service of those who can help the poor.”
Cricket legend and Laureus Academy Member Steve Waugh today started a two-day visit to Mumbai to visit the Magic Bus sports community project, which is supported by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
Steve has many links with India, his own Steve Waugh Foundation has beenvery active in the country for some time, and he has been keen to go and see the work of the Magic Bus project.
Steve Waugh playing cricket
