Sport is such a great way of empowering young people
Had an interesting chat with the Minister of Sport. Sport is such a great way of empowering young people and getting communities involved, as well as bringing countries together.
Minister has good ideas for improving facilities throughout the country, not just for football but for all sports. Nigeria has such potential! I explained how we hope that the Olympics in London will help bring about a "heritage" effect in many of our important partner countries such as Nigeria, e.g. helping bring sport into disadvantaged schools and improving the curricula, training etc.
I also gave him a first hand account of the exciting launch last week at Wembley of the England 2018 World Cup bid which had been attended by David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and many of the 1966 team.
Not only does England already have great infrastructure, but also it has tremendous passion for the game on the part of its fans and communities at all levels. Again, rather like the Olympics, it will be a tremendous event for the international community as well as for the UK.
Posted at 10:12 28 May 2009 by Bob Dewar | Comments[0]
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