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Forest Green Rovers won Elite Organisation of the Year in the BBC Green Sport Awards. In 2018 became United Nations first Carbon Neutral Club - vegan, recycle all rainwater and utilise solar power maintaining their organic pitch. Players are given electric cars with charging points at the ground.

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Australia cricket captain Pat Cummins and British athlete Innes FitzGerald are among the winners of this year's BBC Green Sport awards.

Now in their second year, the awards celebrate the athletes, former athletes and organisations working hard to enact and inspire change.

The ceremony will take place on Monday, 2 October at the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, London - and you can follow it live on the BBC Sport website and app.

Here are the 2023 winners:

Athlete of the Year
Why did he win?
Australia's men's Test and one-day international captain, Cummins has taken an active leadership role on climate change. A nominee in last year's inaugural awards, the 30-year-old's work includes public advocacy, but also mobilising networks and resources for significant outcomes through his Cricket for Climate Foundation. Through the foundation, Cummins has helped a number of projects in the past 12 months that have had a positive impact from organisational level down to clubs.
What did he say?
"I'm hugely honoured to accept the BBC's Green Sport award for Athlete of the Year. I'm really proud of what we've been able to achieve here in Australia and hopefully we have more to come. I feel like there is hope, because there are a lot of solutions to move away from fossil fuels, or moving towards more renewable sources. To be able to show that we've made a small difference, we've made some good actions. That makes me really proud."
What did the nominations committee say?
"Pat's leadership on climate has been hugely instrumental in cricket and across Australian society. The authenticity and integrity he brings to his climate work has a profound resonance in Australia."

Young Athlete of the Year

Winner: Innes FitzGerald
Why did she win?
The English Schools cross-country champion, FitzGerald made the bold choice to decline the chance to compete in this year's World Championships in Australia. In a letter to British Athletics, the 17-year-old said her decision was based on her concern about the impact of flying at a time when people around the world are suffering the effects of climate change. She uses her platform to encourage other athletes to question their choices, use their platforms to raise awareness, and actively engage in conversations about climate issues.
What did she say?
"It's a real privilege to be receiving this award. I never set out to achieve awards from this. I just wanted to raise awareness about climate-related issues within the athletics and sporting world and try to get up-and-coming athletes to think about what they're doing and their impacts on the climate. It's really empowering when you get messages from other people saying 'I'm really grateful for what you've done' or 'I'm now changing this in my life'. It gives me confidence that what I'm doing is making a difference."
What did the nominations committee say?
"Innes consistently puts her principles at the heart of every decision in her young running career, with her climate awareness being fundamental. She puts herself at considerable risk in terms of criticism and knows sport is important, but so too is a sustainable future for sport and society. For someone who is only 17, it is astounding. She is an example to all athletes everywhere."

Evergreen Athlete Award

Winner: Chris Dickerson
Why did he win?
Former Major League Baseball player Dickerson is recognised for taking the initiative to try to make positive change before many had even realised the power sport could have. In 2008, Dickerson and fellow baseball player Jack Cassel formed the Players for the Planet foundation, which has brought together professional athletes to help build awareness of the environmental crisis. Dickerson, 41, has been involved in numerous environmental projects, regularly speaks at sustainability conferences, and posts content on his social channels to promote the work he and the foundation are doing.
What did he say?
"I'm honoured to get this award. It's great having these meaningful chats to move progress forward and I truly appreciate it. I always joke and say climate change could be solved if both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo came out and said: 'Hey, let's solve the environment.' You would see a massive change, but that's the power of sport."
What did the nominations committee say?
"Chris' fight for the cause has been present for many years, ever since he started noticing the amount of waste his team was going through in the clubhouse. He has spent much of his post-baseball life dedicating himself to the cause."

Elite Organisation of the Year

Winner: Forest Green Rovers Football Club
Why did they win?
Since Dale Vince bought a majority stake in the club in 2010, Forest Green Rovers have been on a mission to not only climb the football ladder, but do so as one of the most sustainable clubs in the world. In 2017, football's world governing body Fifa described the League Two side as the "greenest football club in the world", and in 2018 they became the United Nations' first certified carbon-neutral football club. They continue to push to become even more sustainable, and in the past year have focused on switching to greener travel options for the team and fans, while continuing to work on the Eco Park development that will house their new stadium.
What did they say?
Dale Vince: "It's a good feeling and it's a good example of something that helps to propel us. There's recognition around the award and it helps to carry our message around the world. It's all part of our progress. In every sphere of life, we have to change and we have to green up, so sport isn't immune from that. But, at the same time, sport has a unique place in our lives and an opportunity - it is influential."
What did the nominations committee say?
"Forest Green Rovers lead the way in sustainably running a sports team and show that an entire organisation can be environmentally sustainable if you design it right. With a new stadium on the horizon, Forest Green Rovers will continue to be at the forefront of sustainability in sport."

Grassroots Organisation of the Year

Winner: Rhino Cup Champions League
Why did they win?
The Rhino Cup Champions League, which was founded in Mozambique in 2016, is an amateur football league for young men and women in rural African communities surrounding national parks and wildlife reserves. The organisation has used the popularity of football to help local communities feel better connected to wildlife conservation and learn about the impacts of climate change. The league harnesses three key emotions - pride, gratitude, and compassion - which can then inspire and empower participants to actively engage in the cause. The RCCL wants to bring in a new era of conservation practices rooted in sustainable development.
What did they say?
RCCL co-founder Matt Bracken: "The Rhino Cup Champions League came from asking: 'How can we help stop young men from going into the wildlife reserve and risking their lives and the lives of animals to kill that animal for profit?' It is a football league brought to you by your local rhinoceros - and that is bringing so much. It's bringing compassion, happiness, hope and love. It was the communities' idea and that's why it's a success."
What did the nominations committee say?
"The Rhino Cup Champions League is a very different approach at raising sustainability awareness, but it is a very successful one. It has already grown as a competition to neighbouring countries and will only raise more climate awareness the more it grows."

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BBC Sport names its 2023 Green Sport Award winners - including Australia men's cricket captain Pat Cummins and League Two football club Forest Green Rovers.

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As Qatar Tourism reveals, as of August 25, 2023, the country welcomed more than 2.56 million visitors, which is more than the full-year arrival figures witnessed last year. The same noted that such a high number of visitors in 2023 marks a 157 percent increase over the same period in 2022.

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Qatar has been ranked as the best-performing destination in the January - July 2023 period by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), with the country witnessing a massive increase in tourism after hosting the 2022 World Cup.

The latest UNWTO Barometer has shown that Qatar recorded a 95 percent increase in the number of international tourist arrivals through July 2023, exceeding the pre-pandemic levels and reaching a new record, VisaGuide.World reports.

The increase in the number of international tourist arrivals has been attributed to the successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

"The growth in the number of international visitors to Qatar shows the fruit of Qatar Tourism's strategy to leverage the momentum of the world's biggest sporting event late last year," Qatar Tourism Chairman Akbar Al Baker said.

As Qatar Tourism reveals, as of August 25, 2023, the country welcomed more than 2.56 million visitors, which is more than the full-year arrival figures witnessed last year. The same noted that such a high number of visitors in 2023 marks a 157 percent increase over the same period in 2022.

Apart from the impact that the 2022 World Cup had, it was noted that the tourism sector of Qatar has also been boosted by the extension of Hayya for existing card holders, as well as the relaunch of the Hayya platform.

As data show, Qatar registers a high number of tourist arrivals from all over the world, with the majority of them coming from Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, the United States, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, the UK, UAE, and Pakistan.

Reflecting on the growth of arrivals, Akbar Al Baker said that the country was able to attract a large number of international tourists by focusing on priority markets and stressed they have launched several campaigns aimed at boosting Qatar's tourism sector.

"By focusing on our priority markets and through a multi-pronged approach which sees strong efforts and initiatives across our strategic pillars, we have been able to welcome visitors from all corners of the globe and showcase Qatar's seamless blend of modernity and cultural authenticity," Akbar Al Baker added.

As Qatar Tourism explains, after the FIFA World Cup, they launched the "Feel More in Qatar" campaign, focused on attracting families to the country. There were also several other campaigns targeting travelers from all over the world.

Qatar has also organized different events for all age groups, from the Qatar GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup 2023 for kitesurfing enthusiasts to Disney-on-Ice for the littlest travelers.

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Physical activity improves overall mental health and mood. After physical activity people felt more awake, calmer and more content

Physical activity reduces stress and slows us to perform better under pressure and make correct decisions.

Physical activity improves self esteem by releasing endorphins during and after physical activity. The realise of endorphins lowers the risk of depression and anxiety.

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Sport and physical activity has a powerful and positive effect on mental health. That’s why we’re investing heavily in projects that are changing lives.

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Ethical/ cultural (SportEngland.org, 2022)- Archie Tucker 

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people from Asian, Black and Chinese backgrounds are far more likely to be physically inactive than those who are White

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Our Sport For All report shows that people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds are far less likely to be physically active.

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Sport and physical activity are being used to try and help tackle serious violence and knife crime throughout the UK.

More than 3,000 young people will be given places on sport and activity programmes to help keep them away from possible violence and crime.

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By 2050 studies estimate that around half of the former winter Olympic host cities will not be able to again due to a lack of snow and ice, and that a quarter of teams’ stadiums in the English football league will be partially or totally flooded annually

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Sustainability in sport is rising to the top of the agenda for many athletes and organisations. Sport and climate change are closely linked.

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Some said the "feel-good factor" that swept through the town during the club's rise through the league table made them feel both happier and safer. After Luton won the play off final and got promoted to the premier league.

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When we’re young, being active helps our bodies develop properly, with a strong heart, healthy bones, muscles and brain development.

As we get older, regular exercise reduces our risk of illness - from heart disease, stroke, colon and breast cancer to obesity and osteoporosis, among other conditions. Every year, leading an active lifestyle prevents 900,000 cases of diabetes and 93,000 cases of dementia.

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Our Uniting the Movement strategy is clear that being active is good not just for our physical health, but our mental wellbeing, our communities, and more.

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Considering the global sports industry is estimated to be worth around $600 billion, and is responsible for approximately 350 million tonnes of CO2e, it’s worth examining what’s behind the staggering footprint of the industry

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What is the Carbon Footprint of Sport?  - The Carbon Literacy Project

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Sport, whether at a grassroots or international level, does not happen in a vacuum. It is embedded in both local and global social, economic and environmental realities. Needless to say, the sector is not discrete from one of the most pressing challenges of recent times - climate change.

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Being physically active can improve mood, decrease the chance of depression and anxiety and lead to a better and more balanced lifestyle.

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More than 2600 jobs have been delivered by an economic development programme alongside the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games.

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Physical activity has many benefits on mental health. It can help reduce stress, anxiety, depression and can boost self esteem and self confidence.

Sport England has invested 8 million pounds to help fund mental health projects.

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The results indicate that a 10% increase in sports participation leads to a fall in person crimes of 1.30 and 1.56% while a 10% increase in sports participation rates leads to a fall in property crimes of between 0.64 and 0.73%.

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By Stephen Brosnan

Participation in sporting activities is considered to provide many societal benefits including increased social capital and social integration, better health and wellness and improved educational outcomes. Many studies have looked at the impact of sports participation on happiness (Huang & Humphreys, 2012), future income (Dewenter & Giessing, 2015), labour market outcomes (Lechner, 2015). The findings generally support the hypothesis that increased sports participation provides societal benefits. However, the relationship between sports participation and crime is less developed with findings more ambiguous.

Recently, I have explored the relationship between sports participation and crime in England between 2012 and 2015. The working paper utilises sports participation data sourced from the Active People Survey (APS), an annual survey conducted in the United Kingdom concerned with analysing adult participation in sport and active recreation. The survey provides the largest sample size ever established for a sport and recreational survey, providing evidence of differences in sports participation across regions as well as individuals and socioeconomic groups.

The findings suggest that sport participation reduces crime rates for both property (e.g. theft, robbery) and person (e.g. assault, sexual offences) crimes in 323 English local authorities between 2012 and 2015. The findings suggest that sports participation has a stronger effect on person crimes compared with property crimes. The results indicate that a 10% increase in sports participation leads to a fall in person crimes of 1.30 and 1.56% while a 10% increase in sports participation rates leads to a fall in property crimes of between 0.64 and 0.73%. Also, the paper finds evidence to support previous studies which identify socioeconomic variables tending to have a statistically significant impact on property crime rates as opposed to person crime.
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The full working paper, including references cited above can be found here.

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By Stephen Brosnan Participation in sporting activities is considered to provide many societal benefits including increased social capital and social integration, better health and wellness and...

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the global sports sponsorship market was worth an estimated 66 billion U.S. dollars and was expected to grow to almost 108 billion U.S. dollars by 2030

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Sports tourism is a fundamental axis, generating around 10% of the world’s expenditure on tourism. It has an estimated growth rate of 17.5% between 2023-2030, moving masses intra and intercontinentally.

Today, sports tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors in tourism. More and more tourists are interested in sport activities during their trips whether sports are the main objective of travel or not.

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Just a year after the 2018 World Cup in Russia and, looking retrospectively from the economic perspective of a cost-benefit analysis, we might wonder to ourselves: does the organization of these global sporting macro-events bring significant profits? We shall see...

From the outset, the World Cup in Russia involved a level of expenditure never seen before: 11,954 million dollars. Of this figure, 71% corresponded to different Russian public administrations (57% to central government and 14% to different regional governments. The investment was mainly destined to the construction or remodelling of 12 stadiums, 13 hospitals, 96 training camps, 11 airports, 3 train stations and 12 motorways. In addition, 27 built-from-scratch hotels were constructed. Despite being such a high investment, we estimate that by 2024 the country will have already amortized this investment. Furthermore, it will be able to report a net profit from the projects and improvements begun as a result of being designated the competition host venue.

Prior to hosting the World Cup, the Russian government estimated that the positive impact of the country's economy would be 1% of GDP. That is to say, some 14,000 million dollars distributed between the different phases of the preparation process. These preparatory phases officially kicked off in 2014, at the end of the previous World Cup. Regarding the evolution of the Russian economy, this same government affirmed that "without the World Cup there would not have been economic growth in 2018". The geographical dispersion of the competition to the farthest corners of the country -which has the greatest extension in the world- helped to unite the country and favoured the redevelopment of some of the most depressed areas, in the words of the same government and numerous local entity representatives.

The government estimated that during the succeeding 5 years, the total impact of the World Cup would have been between 4% and 6% of Russian annual GDP - about 3,000 million dollars per year.

Due to the multiplier effect, we expect that each dollar invested ends up generating 4.5 dollars, so that the accumulated final impact of the entire World Cup (preparation, hosting and subsequent stages) would have an impact on Russia totalling 54,000 million dollars.

During the competition days, the country received 570,000 tourists, about 220,000 more than in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but about 330,000 less than those in Brazil 2014.

In just a single month, some of the regions with the greatest presence in the competition received the equivalent of the total number of tourists they used to receive annually. The expenditure of these tourists in the country was about 600 million Euros, about 1,050 Euros per person on average. The media projection of the World Cup hosting country, independently of other characteristics, feels the impact on tourism from 2 years before the event and it still endures until a few months after the end of the event.

The economic impact of the World Cup in Russia was not limited to its borders. In countries where the presence of TV at home is less frequent, the sale of TV sets increased more than 5% compared to the same period the previous year. The online gambling business turned over close to 50,000 million dollars, almost as much as the total accumulated impact on the Russian economy during the previous stage and that expected from the subsequent stages.

In the field of employment, the World Cup in Russia triggered the creation of 100,000 jobs in different sectors; only in construction, 13,000 people were hired. In fact, in 2018 Russia reported the lowest unemployment data in the previous 20 years: during the 3 years prior to the World Cup, it fell from 5.8% to 4.8%, signifying statistics close to a situation of full employment in the Russian economy.

After analyzing the impact of the World Cup on economic activity and employment, another relevant variable is prices, since any significant increase in inflation could "eat up" economic growth. In the case of Russia, the entry of foreign exchange caused a relatively slight increase in price levels. In fact, the country achieved the stabilization in the historical levels of inflation, going from 16.9% in 2015 to 2.4% in 2018, reaching western economy values.

Globally comparing the 2018 World Cup in Russia with the 2010 edition in South Africa, we discover that the impact on economic activity -measured in terms of GDP growth- was three times as much as in 2010, attracted twice as many tourists and twice as many visitors during the preparations.

The great beneficiary of holding the World Cup was FIFA, which in a short period of time obtained an income of about 6.4 thousand million dollars.

With the income collected from the sale of tickets -some 782 million dollars- FIFA directly obtained 112 million.

The overall analysis of the Russia World Cup monetary flow leads us to the following conclusions: 1) the organizing country is the one that finds and carries out the investments required by FIFA; 2) it is difficult to estimate the final economic impact 100%, since the impact on the real economy is felt over the following few years; 3) FIFA is the main beneficiary from the organization of a World Cup.

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Saudi Arabia’s Sport Ministry has said it is undertaking a SR10.1bn ($2.7bn) program to build new sporting facilities and upgrade existing ones over the coming five years.

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Saudi Arabia's Sport Ministry has said it is undertaking a SR10.1bn ($2.7bn) program to build new sporting facilities and upgrade existing ones over the coming five years.

'Ministry of Sports Saudi Arabia' stated that the projects will be a component of the joint bid that Saudi Arabia is making to host the FIFA 2030 World Cup™ alongside Egypt and Greece.

The 2030 FIFA World Cup™ will be the 24th FIFA World Cup™, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member-associations of FIFA. This event will mark the end of the first century of World Cup competition.

The Ministry of Sport, formerly the General Sports Authority, is a Government Ministry responsible for sports in Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Sport was previously known as the General Sports Authority and before that as the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, which was created in 1974.

Earlier, in June 2021, Saudi Arabia is preparing a bid to stage the FIFA 2030 World Cup™. The entire initiative is being seen as a move to win a seat at the global football table.

The Egypt-Greece-Saudi Arabia 2030 FIFA World Cup™ bid is a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup™ by Egypt, Greece and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is expected to lead the effort.

'Ministry of Sports Saudi Arabia' further stated that speaking at the Future Projects Forum in Riyadh recently, the Ministry said its capital projects program would be split into four principal elements.

The largest of these, and the most immediate, is the scheme to upgrade and increase the capacity of five existing football stadiums in advance of the AFC Asian Cup, which the Kingdom will host in 2027.

The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América (the top men's football tournament contested among national teams from South America).

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach football and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member-countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), joined AFC in 2006.

The 2027 AFC Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament involves 24 national teams after the expansion in 2019. It will be held in Saudi Arabia.

The projects are:

Increasing the capacity of the 68,752-capacity King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh to 92,000 seats;

Expanding the seating capacity of Riyadh's 22,188-capacity Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium to 45,000;

Increasing the 26,000-capacity Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam to 30,000 seats;

An increase in seating capacity for the 15,000-capacity Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium in Dammam to 45,000; and

The construction of a new, sustainable New Riyadh Stadium to the North of Riyadh with 45,000 seats.

All five stadium projects are at the design stage, with construction due to start between October this year and February 2024.

The next main element of the Ministry's projects program is the construction of 30 new training grounds and facilities in proximity to the stadiums that will be used for the 2027 competition.

Construction on the schemes is expected to start in July 2024 and will be completed by December 2025. A total of 18 facilities will be ready in time for the 2026 AFC Women's Cup.

The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be the 21 st edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). On April 21 st, Saudi Arabia submitted its bid in hosting the tournament.

Other components of the program include the building of 50 new model sports clubs in different Cities in the Kingdom, including Al-Kharj, Jizan, Tabuk, Dammam, and Jeddah.

The new clubs will include indoor volleyball, football, handball, and gym facilities as well as outdoor sports grounds. They will cover a plot area of 20,000-35,000 square meters (sq m) and have a minimum built-up area of 1,000 sq m.

Other Stadium Projects

In July 2022, the Jeddah Central Development Company (JCDC) signed design and engineering contracts for the stadium at the Jeddah Central project. The design contract was awarded to GMP International and the engineering contract was awarded to Khatib and Alami.

Saudi Arabia has planned stadium projects before. In 2014, Saudi Aramco was leading the development and construction of 11 stadiums. Those stadium plans, which were canceled in 2015, covered projects in Medina, Al-Qassim, the Eastern Province, Asir, Tabuk, Hail, the Northern Borders, Jizan, Najran, Baha, and Al-Jouf.

A major new stadium opened in the Jeddah area in 2014. The UK-based Arup designed the 60,000-seat stadium at the King Abdullah Sports City. The contractor was a joint venture led by Belgium's Six Construct, which was awarded an estimated SR2bn ($533m) construction contract in 2011.

Arup is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London (UK) that provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment.

Six Construct, a subsidiary of the BESIX Group, is the largest Belgian construction company operating in the Middle East.

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Just 1.4% of soccer players who play at a school level proceed to turn into expert football players. Though it is under 1% of football players who go to a club, regularly by the age of nine, will really come to the professional positions. What does it take to become a professional footballer?2 Jun 2022

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Just 1.4% of soccer players who play at a school level proceed to turn into expert football players. Though it is under 1% of football players who go to a club, regularly by the age of nine, will really come to the professional positions.
What does it take to become a professional footballer?
More than just giving football trials for the clubs and groups they have truly rising requests and are turning out to be progressively refined in the choice cycles used to track down players. Albeit the assumptions might change contingent upon the expert club or foundation, some are searching for more than regular ability. This implies that they might anticipate that players should exhibit a comprehension of the commitment that is expected to turn into an expert footballer.

Positive signs that can assist with this are showing the right disposition and assurance to be the absolute best. By showing they know about the long journey ahead and are ready to work as hard as possible for it, a youthful player will stand apart from those with some unacceptable demeanour.
Motivation to play (How many soccer players make it to the professional ?)
The fantasy about playing football expertly before stuffed arenas professionally ought to give inspiration enough - yet even the most energetic youthful player can neglect to focus on why they need to turn into an expert football player.

Zeroing in on being awesome, never losing the feeling of why they began playing football in any case, making sure to continue grinning and partaking in the game are useful inspirations. Joining perseverance with having some good times is generally fundamental to staying propelled.

"The main thing that is important to me is playing, I do it since I love it" is one of Messi's extraordinary statements which features how fabricating a pleasure, love and enthusiasm for the game throughout the years is crucial to the outcome of a player.
Confidence in their ability to play football
To turn into an expert footballer, it's fundamental that they are certain about their capacities and really want to constantly further develop them. In the event that they don't have faith in what they can do, then, at that point, odds are a foundation will not by the same token. Self-faith in footballers comes in many structures, from non-verbal communication, correspondence and positive reasoning, to planning that guarantees they are prepared for any circumstance.
How many soccer players make it to the professional ?
Conviction is the way to progress. Whenever a player has self-assurance, they are bound to play innovatively and captivate everyone. They need high certainty levels on and off the ball, yet in addition on and off the football pitch. The capacity to gain from the past is indispensable to player improvement.
A healthy and Balanced Lifestyle
To be an expert, a player should be considerably more than a footballer - they should turn into a competitor also. That gets from way of life. A sound and adjusted diet will assist with keeping the body genuinely and intellectually fit, which will consider in performances on the pitch.

Getting into the most ideal shape by dealing with endurance, leg power, center strength, dexterity and crude speed will work on a player's adequacy. This is a crucial step of turning into an expert and can frequently require solid degrees of assurance and determination.
Importance of recovery
Recuperation is basic. Over training and not caring for the body can prompt wounds and weakness and the professional clubs are undeniably more averse to taking on a youthful player assuming that they have a past filled with spells uninvolved.

Proficient footballers can be anticipated to play up to three 90 minutes seven days, travelling for up to 12 kilometers for each game. That is where the world of protein shakes, ice showers, warm downs and recuperation leggings come in.

Rest is also essential for a footballer-resting can be as significant as running. Ronaldo rests for 12 hours of the evening and even has a rest mentor
A desire to Learn
To make it professionally in football having a strong game sense is a must. Football isn't simply worked out on the pitch, yet inside your head too. A youthful player who knows about their job in different developments can be a resource for the club.

Football insight and information on the game are applicable to movement and these can be dealt with in a player's own time through recordings, match replays or concentrating on various playing or and instructing styles.

Football insight can likewise get from understanding how to associate with different players and being a specialist in an assigned role or system. The absolute most complete players are understudies of the game as well as massively capable, however they share one thing for all intents and purpose: the longing to continuously learn and move along.

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How many soccer players make it professional? - Premier Football UK

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How many soccer players make it to the professional ranks ? Just 1.4% of soccer players who play at a school level proceed to turn into expert

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Sports tourism is a fundamental axis, generating around 10% of the world’s expenditure on tourism. It has an estimated growth rate of 17.5% between 2023-2030, moving masses intra and intercontinentally. Sports tourism can promote social, economic and environmental action, it accelerates development and can leave a long-lasting positive legacy.

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What it is Sports tourism: Sports tourism is a type of tourism activity which refers to the travel experience of the tourist who either observes as a spectator or actively participates in a sporting event generally involving commercial and non-commercial activities of a competitive nature.

Why it Matters: Sports tourism is a fundamental axis, generating around 10% of the world's expenditure on tourism. It has an estimated growth rate of 17.5% between 2023-2030, moving masses intra and intercontinentally. Sports tourism can promote social, economic and environmental action, it accelerates development and can leave a long-lasting positive legacy.

Sports and Tourism are interrelated and complementary. Today, sports tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors in tourism. More and more tourists are interested in sport activities during their trips whether sports are the main objective of travel or not. Sport events of various kinds and sizes attract tourists as participants or spectators and destinations try to add local flavours to them to distinguish themselves and provide authentic local experiences. Mega sport events such as the Olympics and World Cups can be a catalyst for tourism development if successfully leveraged in terms of destination branding, infrastructure development and other economic and social benefits.

Sports tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in tourism. More and more tourists are interested in sport activities during their trips whether sports are the main objective of travel or not. Sport events of various kinds and sizes attract tourists as participants or spectators and destinations try to add local flavours to them to distinguish themselves and provide authentic local experiences. Mega sport events such as Olympics and World Cups can be a catalyst for tourism development if successfully leveraged in terms of destination branding, infrastructure development and other economic and social benefits.

Sports Tourism Events

UPCOMING SPORTS TOURISM EVENTS

UNWTO PUBLICATIONS ON SPORTS TOURISM

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Sports tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in tourism. More and more tourists are interested in sport activities during their trips whether sports are the main objective of travel or not. Sport events of various kinds and sizes attract tourists as participants or spectators and destinations try to add local flavours to them to distinguish themselves and provide authentic local experiences.

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Sport has the ability to attract persons to other countries to play or to watch sport as entertainment. This can increase the aim of awareness and possibly increasing participation. Persons would develop role models from watching the sport abroad and become motivated to engage in the sport themselves. (ESPN.co.uk,2023) stated that 765,000 tourists were recorded coming to the Qatar World Cup in just the first two weeks. It also stated the 3.09 million tickets were sold across the whole tournament.

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Qatar received just over 765,000 visitors during the first two weeks of the World Cup, according to an organisers' report obtained by Reuters, falling short of the country's expectations for an influx of 1.2 million during the month-long event.

A huge surge in visitors at this stage is unlikely with only eight teams staying on in Doha, and eight games left out of the 64 in the tournament that began on Nov. 20.
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Organisers had previously identified the peak period for international visitors to be Nov. 24-28 during the busy group stage, when 32 teams were playing four matches every day.

The Dec. 7 report was prepared by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), which organises the tournament, and said that the first 17 days of the World Cup saw 765,859 international visitors, more than half of whom have now departed.

The report registered 1.33 million match ticketholders and 3.09 million tickets sold across the eight stadiums in Qatar for the tournament that ends on Dec. 18.

A Qatari official, who did not wish to be named, confirmed the figures. The SC did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

The tournament in Qatar, the first to be held in the Middle East, is considered one of the most expensive in terms of tickets, hotels and alcohol, sales of which are restricted.

Fewer international visitors than originally forecast led to an unexpected glut of accommodation but has also averted major over-crowding or traffic headaches in Qatar, the smallest country by both population and area to host the World Cup.

The influx of visitors represents a 25% boost to the country's resident population of 3 million, of which only about 10-12% are Qataris.

"With over a week of competition still to go, a wave of new visitors has started arriving from the nations that made it to the quarterfinals," the Qatari official told Reuters.

More visitors are expected to flock to Qatar for popular matches and after the country lifted entry restrictions for nationals and residents of fellow Gulf states.

Cumulative stadium attendance at the first 52 matches was 2.65 million, the document said.

Previously, world soccer's governing body FIFA said that stadium attendance in Qatar had surpassed attendance at stadiums during a corresponding period at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

On Tuesday, hundreds of Moroccan fans flew into Qatar on special flights arranged ahead of their team's victory over Spain. It is expected that similar fights will be laid on to allow last-minute fans to fly in from overseas to watch their teams advance through the tournament's final three rounds.

Visitors to Qatar must obtain a Hayya identification card ahead of travel as it doubles as a mandatory entry visa during the tournament period. On Tuesday, Qatar dropped this requirement for Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

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WC visitor numbers falling short of Qatar target

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Physical activity has been suggested to increase dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain, which impacts the brain’s ability to concentrate on tasks

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Date Posted: 22nd February

Categories: Prep School Senior School

When choosing a school for your child, you may be primarily concerned with the academic success of its pupils. However, it's important to consider non-academic activities that your child can participate in, such as school sports. In this blog, we explain why sport is important in school for children's holistic development, regardless of age.

What are the 6 benefits of sports?

1. School sport improves self-esteem

Participating in school sports can improve students' self-esteem and help them feel better about themselves. Having physical education in the school curriculum allows children from a young age develop the social skills to work with other teammates, make new friends and learn how rewarding it is to participate in team sports, especially if they score that winning goal! Seeing how their contribution impacts the team's success can be incredibly empowering for young people and make them feel part of the school community.

The self-confidence children gain from participating in sports and physical education carries over to other areas of their lives, such as academic studies and personal relationships.

2. Physical education helps inspire teamwork and forge leadership skills in children

Participating in physical education helps school-age children learn social skills, build relationships with other teammates, make new friends, and learn how to engage in friendly competition. Team sports provide an opportunity for students to practice working together towards a common goal whilst helping them develop leadership skills. Working together as a team encourages co-operation, strengthens communication skills, and teaches problem-solving. It also allows students to experience success as an individual and as part of a collective effort.

3. Having sport on the school curriculum encourages healthy habits

Regularly participating in physical education helps children learn the importance of physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle for their mental and physical health. Plus, having sports on the school curriculum may encourage children to become physically active adults later, as they're aware of exercise's many benefits for a healthy body and mind.

If children love school physical education lessons, they may decide to get involved in extracurricular school sports clubs. Doing this also encourages healthy eating habits, as children will begin to understand the impact different foods have on their energy levels when participating in physical activity outside of regulated lessons.

4. As well as helping a child's physical health, sport helps reduce stress

In addition to physical education being brilliant for physical health, school sports can also be great for a student's mental health. Participating in physical education as part of the school curriculum is a chance for children to take a break from any stress they may have. Instead, school sports allow children to focus on having fun and being in the moment with their other teammates without having to worry about anything else.

5. A good sports education helps with concentration

Having sports on the school curriculum can help improve the concentration of students throughout the day. Physical activity has been suggested to increase dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain, which impacts the brain's ability to concentrate on tasks. Therefore, physical education at school can help students beyond improving their social skills and physical health, positively impacting their academic education.

6. Sport helps children develop their social skills & feel part of a community

One of the great things about participating in sports at school is that children can develop friendships with other people they may not normally engage with in their daily school life.

Also, schools that offer an array of sports clubs means that children have various options to choose from, no matter their interest. Ultimately, this means that those young people will bond with others over their shared interest in a particular sport - whether that's tennis, football, badminton or even Quidditch (this is something that Wycliffe offers)! Likewise, participating in regular sporting activities outside of school helps students feel part of a community of like-minded individuals, especially if they engage in competitions or tournaments.

So, what are the benefits of sport on education?

Overall, sports on the school curriculum help children from a young age in many ways, from developing their social skills by making friends, learning how to deal with conflict, and celebrating shared success with others. Likewise, school sports allow children to take a step back from their academic work and engage in fun physical activity that isn't reliant on academic performance.

Ultimately, school sports will benefit young people's education as it will impact their overall enjoyment of their time in school and lets them focus more during lessons; potentially resulting in better academic performance.

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School sports available at Wycliffe

Wycliffe is a leading Independent School based in the heart of the Cotswolds countryside. With day, boarding and flexi boarding options available, our private school sports activities includes a variety of traditional and non-traditional physical activities.

Mainstream school sports physical activities available at Wycliffe

Rugby

Hockey

Netball

Football

Tennis

Cricket

Athletics

Rounders

Rowing

Squash

Badminton

Basketball

Cross-country

Running,

Squash

Volleyball

Swimming

Non-mainstream specialist school sport physical activities on offer at Wycliffe

If your child is after something a little bit different, we have a large variety of non-mainstream school sports activities that they can try!

CrossFit

Gym training

Zumba

Pilates

Fencing

Equestrian club

Boxercise

Quidditch

Wycliffe: Providing your child with a brilliant academic and physical education

How is sport at Wycliffe different from other independent schools?

We offer a range of different school sports available to try, so no child feels left out and can engage in something they enjoy, whether pilates, football, Zumba, Quidditch or fencing. We have world-class coaches in their field at Wycliffe, including Henry Trinder, an Ex Gloucestershire Rugby Club Centre, who's our Director of Rugby and Tony Wilburn, an ex-USA basketball player, who's in charge of developing our basketball programme.

We also offer an elite athlete's sports programme, so those who truly love sports can excel at Wycliffe. Sports scholarships are available for individuals that have potential and have been recognised for their sporting achievements.

Excitingly, we have had sporting scholars use us as a springboard to UK and US universities. Our school rowing programme has resulted in pupils trialling for Great Britain and participating in the Henley Regatta. So, you can be assured that Wycliffe will allow your child to be nurtured and flourish in the sport of their choice.

Benefits of sport at Wycliffe

We have excellent sporting facilities

No matter their ability, there is a sport for every child to enjoy

Expert, world-class sports coaches

Sports scholarships for 13+ and 16+ are on offer

Sporting scholars use our school as a springboard to UK and US universities

Sports programme tailored to elite athletes are available

21-06 WC Rowing

Looking for a school that offers both academic and sport excellence? Contact us

Our excellence in sports translates to education, too, as we pride ourselves on providing outstanding academic education to our pupils to ensure they develop into fantastic global citizens.

If you're looking for a leading independent school for your child, get in contact with us today or visit us at one of our open events.

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Why Sport is Important in School: 6 Benefits | Wycliffe

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We share 6 reasons why sport is important in school for your child including improving self-esteem, instilling teamwork and leadership skills and more.

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Tourism and sport are interrelated and complementary, both are powerful forces for development, stimulating investment in infrastructure, such as airports, roads, stadiums, sporting complexes and restaurants. Projects that can be enjoyed by the local population as well as tourists who come to use them generating for money into the businesses.

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Sky Sports and TNT Sports have agreed deals to air the Premier League until the end of the 2028/29 season, for a combined £6.7 billion combined with the BBC's highlights rights.

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Playing in a team helps children to develop many of the social skills they will need for life. It teaches them to cooperate, to be less selfish, and to listen to other children. It also gives children a sense of belonging. It helps them make new friends and builds their social circle outside school.

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Sport isn’t just good for children’s bodies. Sport has psychological benefits for children and adolescents, and teaches them important life skills.

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Removal of Barriers (SportEngland.co.uk 2022)

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Removal of Barriers (SportEngland.co.uk 2022)

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Adult Survey data shows disabled people are almost twice as likely to be physically inactive (43%), compared with those without a disability (23%)

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A collaborative approach

It's important to understand the differing motivations and barriers for specific audiences when it comes to sport and physical activity, rather than a one size fits all approach.

Importantly, disabled people cannot be thought of as one homogenous group. A complex backdrop of economic and health inequalities magnifies the impact of barriers to getting active felt by all, such as confidence or knowing where to go, through to cost, lack of time and appropriate opportunity. This explains why there isn't a single reason for inactivity.

That's why we believe a collaborative approach will address the fundamental issue of reducing inactivity among disabled people. In practise, this means working in partnership with a variety of organisations across sectors who know and understand the specific audiences we want to target, including partners who we've traditionally not worked with.

By ensuring investments are evidence-based, we can help deliver more opportunities for disabled people to get active.

Our strategy - Uniting the Movement

Uniting the Movement is our plan to make being physically active a normal part of life for everyone in England - to make it easier for all of us as we go about our everyday lives.

Because currently, it's not always a level playing field.

There are deep-rooted inequalities in sport and physical activity, which mean there are people who feel excluded from being active because the right options and opportunities aren't there.

Disabled people and people with a long-term health condition are twice as likely to be physically inactive than those without a disability or health condition.

This inequality, as well as others, are at the very core of Uniting the Movement - we have a laser focus on tackling them in all that we do, because providing opportunities to people and communities that have traditionally been left behind, and helping to remove the barriers to activity, has never been more important.

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It's important to understand the differing motivations and barriers for specific audiences when it comes to sport and physical activity, rather than a one size fits all approach. Importantly, disabled people cannot be thought of as one homogenous group.

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Seeing enthusiastic supporters allows for a reinspired passion within the players, and an encouragement in team participation especially important in younger children. Parental support in fact helps inspire crucial skills including concentration and control.

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Importance Of Spectators & Crowd Support In Sports | Felton

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Why Sport is Essential for a Happy Social Life

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Whilst playing sports can widen your social circles, it can also teach you valuable social skills including communication, independence, ability to work with others and many more. Getting involved with a kick about after work, joining a local netball club or similar, can produce other massive social benefits to your life too.

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Equality & Diversity - Activity Alliance 2021

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Disabled adults are almost twice as likely as non-disabled people to be physically inactive (42.4% vs 22.6%)

Four in five (77%) disabled people would like to be more active.

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Equality and Diversity (EPRS BRI, March 2019)

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Equality and Diversity (EPRS BRI, March 2019)

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83 % of sports now award men and women equal prize money

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Active Lives Survey - participation and diversity stats (Sport England, 2023)

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The Active Lives Survey collects data on the engagement in, and attitudes to, sport and physical activity.

To explore the survey, select the data you are interested in analysing.

The boxes above provide the opportunity to view the Active Lives Adult data, the Children and Young People Activity data, or the Children and Young People Attitudes data. Please note the following:

Children and Young People Activity Data - this section covers the different sports and activities available from the Active Lives survey. Participation rates show whether Children and Young People have taken part anywhere in the last week, during school hours, outside of school hours and then either indoors and outdoors (outside of school hours). Overall levels of activity, swimming capability, swimming confidence, volunteering, spectating, mental wellbeing and outcome measures can also be reviewed using this section of the tool.

Children and Young People Attitudes Data - this section provides findings for attitudes towards sport and physical activity. The attitudes measured include enjoyment, confidence, competence, understanding and knowledge. These five attitudes are used to measure physical literacy. Data can also be broken down by the numbers of positive attitudes present, enabling physical literacy analysis too.

Latest updates

22/05/2023 November 21-22 adult data import

12/01/2023 Academic Year 21-22 children and young people data import

19/05/2022 November 20-21 adult data import

14/03/2022 Children and Young People's Trends charts now live

14/03/2022 'Select all' functionality now live (e.g. Select all activities or local authorities)

11/01/2022 Academic Year 20-21 children and young people data import

09/12/2021 May 20-21 adult data import

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80% of parents believed that sport helped their children develop skills such as discipline, commitment as well as social skills