Publications

A Decade In the Making. Congratulations Laureus South Africa!

"It has been a fantastic achievement and we can allow ourselves a few moments to celebrate but we are already looking forward to the next decade. There is still so much work to do." (Morné du Plessis)

The Olympic and Paralympic Games in London proved to be exhilarating and we should congratulate the work of the International Olympic Committee and the London Olympic Games
Organising Committee whose Chairman was Sebastien Coe, a Member of the Laureus World Sports Academy.

To measure how being involved in a Laureus-supported project impacts on the lives of participants, the researchers designed a ‘change measure’ which they used across all projects. As part of this, the
team identified a list of behaviours that indicate a pro-social and healthy lifestyle.

December 2011 Magazine

• - Celebrates ‘Ten Years of Laureus’ - looking back at some of the highlights of the last ten years, including 
•      i. President Mandela’s appearance at the first Academy meeting
• •      ii. Memorable Project Visits, both from the perspective of the Academy Members that visited the projects and the Leaders of the projects visited
• - Messages from both the Executive Chairman of Richemont: Johann Rupert and Chairman of Daimler: Dr Dieter Zetsch
• - 2009’s hugely successful Breaking the Cycle of Violence Bike Ride, which culminated in the associated report being delivered to both the Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron, and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
• - Transcript from an interview with Morne du Plessis by John Robbie on the impact that he thinks the football World Cup will have on South Africa  and his other experiences of Laureus
• - Updates from our Global Partners and National Foundations on their visits and events
• over the last year
• - Layne Beachley announced as the newest member of the Laureus Friends & Ambassadors programme

• How football can help change South Africa By Franz Beckenbauer
• What sport can do for Africa & what Africa can do for sport a Laureus Foundation report
• Martina Navratilova climbs Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Laureus-supported projects around the world 
• Moses Mutuli: A Foundation Success Story Moses Mutuli is a living example of how sport can transform lives and makes dreams come true.
• Project visits in India, South Africa, Argentina, Kenia, London etc. 

• The importance of role models and finding inspiration to reach the top
• Project Visit Extra - Laureus World Sports Academy members: Nadia Comaneci in Spain, Sean Fitzpatrick in Hong Kong, Edwin Moses in Israel/Palestine and New York, Hugo Porta in South Africa, Daley Thompson in Moldova and any more...
• Young Sri Lankan project member wins IWC Schaffhausen/Laureus Watch drawing competition
• The opening of a Laureus exhibition at Mercedes-Benz World in Berlin
• Richmond Midnight Basketball hold their first annual fundraiser, the Urban/Suburban Basketball Classic, in partnership with the Laureus Foundation USA
• Ned Wills, director of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, discusses the importance of youth peer leaders as an essential ingredient to successful sport and development projects
• Laureus World Sports Academy member Sebastian Coe describes the inspiration that took him from a school hall to Olympic gold medalist and chairman of the London organising committee of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games
• We ask the Sporting Heros of today who they looked up to once upon a time
• Laureus World Sports Academy member Mike Horn sets sail on his four-year global environmental tour
• Cathy Freeman becomes the newest member of the Laureus World Sports Academy

1. Boxing champs Wladimir Klitsco and Barry McGuigan Fight For Peace
2. Football legend Marcel Desailly visits the first-ever Laureus Project in Ghana
3. Academy Chairman Edwin Moses tells us how he believed it’s time for Laureus to send out a clear message: drug abuse in sport cannot and will not be tolerated
4. We welcome Mika Häkkinen and Alexi Nemov as Academy Members
5. The low-down on the 2008 Laureus World Sports Awards held in Moscow

• - Academy member Michael Johnson finds a life-changing experiences on his visit to MYSA, a Laureus Sport for Good Foundation project in Kenya
• - The Laureus World Sports Academy meets Nelson Mandella at the Laureus Academy Forum in South Africa
• - Marcus Allen, Marcel Desailly and Mike Horn join the Laureus World Sports Academy
• - Two new projects in South Africa announced
• - Foundaciõn Laureus España is launched.
• - Laureus World Sports Awards nominees Barcelona 2007 announced
• - Academy member Martina Navratilova visits a Laureus Sport for Good Foundation project in the South Bronx, New York