Last year a talented 18-year-old Senegalese goalkeeper Cheikh Touré was persuaded to travel to Ghana by fake football agents who had promised to take him to Morocco for football trials. https://t.co/genKVFpJcC
Last week, I had the pleasure of joining SAIDS at the North-West University Spring Sports Science Summit in Potchefstroom to present on Safeguarding Athletes Through Clean Sport; Building a Culture of Integrity, Protection and Prevention.
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Did you know that despite the average age of consent in Africa being between 16-18 years there are 130 million girls and women alive today in Africa were married before their 18th birthday. https://t.co/X76IsG4HV9
I have just published the latest Safe Sport Storyline 2026 #22 Leading article "Sport Does Not Need Courtroom-Style Safeguarding" with more articles, events, resources and news.
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Today is #SafeSportDay, a timely reminder that everyone in sport has a responsibility to keep others free from harrassment, abuse, explotation and neglect. Stand up, Speak out. Play your part.
Thrilled to be able to share with you all that Safe Sport 2025 the 6th Global Safe Sport International Conference is to be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the 26th-28th November 2025. You can read more details at https://t.co/iw58XLUSGM
Imagine how much more impact can be made in development aid, if locally-led NGOs would receive more than the current 2% of the global aid budget! This leaves locally based NGOs without decision making power and resources. https://t.co/Vzf8sLVzO8
Today is Safe Sport Day so take the time to reflect what you, your club or your fereation is doing to make sport a safe, inclusive and enjoyable environment for all participants and especially for children and young people. #SafeSportDay#TeamSafeSport#SafeinSport@SafeInSports
Delighted to have prepared this report for the Federation Centrafricaine Football. Thanks to my colleagues Kingsley and Lizerd for their mission to the Central African Republic and to FIFA and the Federation for their support.
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The Association of Paralympic Sports Organisations have updated their website to provide guidance on Safe Sport to their member Federations. I was happy to play a small part in making this happen together with Dr Debbie Alexander (PhD) and Jeanne Courbe. https://t.co/toSYVuZsfK