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Global 🌐

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers adopted seven ISSA resolutions, including a new sports strategy for its 57 member states & a Working Group on Sport in Palestine to support Palestinian sporting development.
https://t.co/r0cOjEXuAF

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USA 🇷🇴

A gay sportswriter has reflected on how the colour pink, from the NFL's Crucial Catch campaign to the pink hair he wore for a Boston 10K during Pride month, connects his LGBTQ+ identity to his love of sport.
https://t.co/Gx0gU6EX3g

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Netherlands 🇳🇱

Utrecht's rugby clubs are hosting around 25 Ukrainian children for a week of sport and respite from the war, part-funded by a local foundation that has raised €71,000 through charity events.
https://t.co/GhJje6S4wb

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Global 🌐

The Global Sport for Good Initiative, run by the IOC with World Rugby and three other federations, has engaged over 500 coaches and educators and 148 national federations across 122 countries, championing inclusion through grassroots sport.
https://t.co/d8umm7O2at

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Australia 🇦🇺

The World Wheelchair Rugby Cup will run alongside the Men's Rugby World Cup 2027 in Brisbane from 25 to 29 October, with organisers aiming for a record crowd for a standalone wheelchair rugby event outside the Paralympics.
https://t.co/3fiHxrVQ7v

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Spain 🇪🇸

Zaragoza and LaLiga's Network of Cities are hosting a free workshop on 29 October to help coaches and educators detect and prevent bullying in sport, as part of the 'LALIGA VS BULLYING' campaign promoting respect and solidarity.
https://t.co/CdUs70aM1k

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Nicaragua 🇳🇮

Nicaragua is building what is set to be Latin America's first fully adapted sports gymnasium and has sent 46 athletes to the XII Central American Sports Games for Students with Disabilities in Guatemala, a milestone for inclusive sport.
https://t.co/SJCwDdWVQ3

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Australia 🇦🇺

Suzie Miller's theatre work is exploring the long-overdue inclusion of women in the AFL, shining a light on the barriers women have faced in reaching the elite level of Australian Rules Football.
https://t.co/YS2plbb2CA

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Canada 🇨🇦

Three in four Canadians now identify as fans of professional women's sport, yet 62% don't know where to find the sport they want to watch. A new Canadian Women & Sport report calls for coordinated action to close the accessibility gap.
https://t.co/xkf4PJTSkH

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Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Swansea City AFC Foundation has marked Black History Month with an anti-racism workshop for young Premier League Kicks participants, delivered by Show Racism the Red Card Wales, alongside a South Wales Police hate crime awareness stand.
https://t.co/kmIQzthY1S

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Botswana 🇧🇼

Four of Botswana's six athletes at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games are women. Mmegi blog has highlighted this milestone alongside the social barriers that continue to limit women's participation in sport.
https://t.co/uiqZ4LRBNi

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Brazil 🇧🇷

Councillor Jorge Quintino has proposed a municipal policy in Caruaru, Brazil, to boost girls' and women's participation in football, including in refereeing and sports administration.
https://t.co/N0JIYTqqGW

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India 🇮🇳

Valanka Alemao has become the first woman elected President of the Goa Football Association, winning by 16 votes. She also chairs the AIFF Women's Committee and has served on a FIFA committee.
https://t.co/tUV0E6jYiL

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Spain 🇪🇸

Ezkurdi KT in Durango, in the Basque Country, has honoured the women who began playing football there in 1969, when women faced significant barriers. The club now fields six women's teams and champions women's football.
https://t.co/pBeeWGW6po

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USA 🇺🇸

Gay hockey announcer Jon Kliment has broadcast his 500th game for the Topeka Scarecrows, a milestone in his journey to live openly as a gay man in sports broadcasting as he pursues his dream of reaching the NHL.
https://t.co/ZlpRogfKpl

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Switzerland 🇨🇭

Swiss tennis player Mika Brunold has broken into the ATP top 200 and made his main-tour debut, crediting his 2025 coming out as gay with giving him greater confidence and freedom on court.
https://t.co/CZwn4i58Ys

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Club América's Scarlett Camberos is the first Mexican woman nominated for the Ballon d'Or, finishing 21st – the highest ranking ever for a Mexican player. She hopes it shows Mexican and Mexican American girls that reaching the top is possible.
https://t.co/gOiXOYRD8y

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Global 🌐

Three-time Women's Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas has encouraged all girls to play football: “It doesn't matter if you're a boy or if you're a girl, it doesn't matter where you come from. Don't listen if someone tells you, you can't do it'.”
https://t.co/JJosca8KTp

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Pachuca's Charlyn Corral has been named the world's best striker by the Ballon d'Or jury, a landmark honour crowning a career of resilience, gender barriers overcome and extraordinary goalscoring.
https://t.co/ubMFAP8cyJ

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Brazil 🇧🇷

Brazil's Chamber of Deputies is considering Bill 3217/26, which would create a National Policy for Inclusive Sport for neurodivergent children, covering autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more, with adapted activities and family support.
https://t.co/I87kOuTFnB