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
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.”
Academy member and four time Olympic Gold medal winner Michael Johnson will participate in the new season of ‘The Clebrity Apprentice’ with Donald Trump. Micheal is playing for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. The winner of the show has the honour of delivering a 250,000 USD check to their designated charity.
Along with 13 other contestants, Micheal Johnson will compete in business-driven tasks in New York to raise money for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Among the competitors are multi Olympic medal winner Summer Sanders, Victoria’s Secret Model Selita Ebanks and Sharon Osbourne.
Keep you fingers crossed for Michael to bring the prize to the children of the Laureus Sport for Good projects.
You can have a look at Michael’s profile on the ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ website here:
27th February 2010, Battersea Park, UK
Daley Thompson Get- Involved
Last Saturday morning saw members of the Laureus running team brave the very changeable (and very British) weather conditions, to take part in a training session with Laureus World Sports Academy Member and double decathlon Gold Medal Winner Daley Thompson at the Millennium Arena in Battersea Park.
The Laureus running team is made up of all those who are taking part in one of this year’s premier running events to raise funds for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Distances range from a 10k to a full marathon! If you would like to see how you can become part of the Laureus Running Team or Get Involved in other activities to raise money for Laureus please follow this link:
After a warm welcome from the man in question it was time to get down to some real work and the warm-up. A simple couple of laps of the track were spiced up by instructions from Daley to touch the ground, jump in the air and run backwards. Some strides, of increasing length and speed, were followed by dynamic stretches overseen by the double gold medal winner. It was then time to go for a run around the beautiful environs of the park and along the picturesque River Thames. Read more
As the riders wandered down to breakfast on the final day, everyone seemed to be feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension. The enthusiasm for riding 100 miles to Paris with the great Miguel Indurain was only slightly dampened by the aches and pains which had built up over the previous 2 days and the knowledge that this leg was comfortably the longest. Miguel was trying to make people feel better by trying to look nervous and rubbing his thighs but we weren’t buying it.
A chilly morning in Bernay. Miguel is 4th from right.
There was also a bit of a shock as we discovered that a September morning in Northern France is, as one memeber of the group put it, “effing freezing”. So the two groups set off with a few numb fingers and toes, but all agreed that riding through the morning mist with the sun slowly rising was a breathtaking experience. As we reached the morning rest stop, the day had started to warm up and, helped by a few strong coffees from the local ‘tabac’, we all started to thaw out.
Even cycling legends need a mid-morning coffee...
