🏀 South Sudan’s 🇸🇸 national Basketball Team - the Bright Stars - are redefining what #SportsDiplomacy looks like. 🏀 Check out this powerful story of pride, resilience, identity, and nation-building through sport. 🏀 Read the new article here: 👉 sportsdiplomacy.substack.com/p/from-refug...

Just a reminder so hopefully I’m not just talking to myself! I’m doing a talk about the Basque children refugees in Caerleon & my book ‘Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao’ at the Cwtsh Arts Centre on 5th December. Come along! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Newport #Euskadi #AthleticClub #RefugeesWelcome

@willhaycardiff.bsky.social @forwalesseewales.bsky.social - Bore da, Will and co - hope all is well. Love the pod 👍👏. How about a special on Welsh politics and the intersection with sports and cultural (diplomacy) in the future? See 🔽

How the 'Cult of the Entrepreneur' and the 'God in a box' are distorting long term investment and climate solutions polqat.ghost.io/how-the-cult...

🥇 Should Wales–Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 have its own Olympic or cricket teams? 💁🏽‍♂️ Could full sporting + creative sovereignty bring more global recognition than diluted UK 🇬🇧 sporting representation? Read my latest article: Dragons Beyond Borders ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

🥇 Should Wales–Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 have its own Olympic or cricket team? Could full sports + creative sovereignty bring more global recognition for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿? Dragons Beyond Borders: Could full Creative and Sporting Sovereignty Redefine Wales–Cymru on the Global Stage? 👉 sportsdiplomacy.substack.com/p/dragons-be...

🏉⚽️Ep241: The WRU's decision 🏟️🍻 What would the disappearance of the Dragons mean for Rodney Parade, Newport County and the city centre? LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🟢 Spotify: tinyurl.com/1912exilessp... 🍎 Apple: tinyurl.com/1912exilesap... 💻 Online: shows.acast.com/1912exiles #ncafc 🧡🖤

Love this Chris - Aupa County, Ymlaen Athletic 😉👍❤️🧡🖤🤍👏⚽

⚽✨ Newport County’s new away kit, inspired by Athletic Club #Bilbao + the #Basque refugee children welcomed to #Wales in 1937, shows football as diplomacy — fans, history + place building international friendship #SportsDiplomacy #FootballDiplomacy #Newport #Bilbao #Cymru #Euskadi #Casnewydd 🧡🖤❤️🤍🤝⚽

Great listen and that Le Coq Sportif Uruguay strip in the pics is a thing of historical beauty! ❤️👍🇺🇾👍

🌐 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝! 🇽🇰 “𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐊𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞” Read it for free here ⏩ open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi... 👏 Thank you, Σας ευχαριστώ to guest author on Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped: Stratos Chiotis 🙏

⚽ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 - 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐄𝐅𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎 2025 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🏆 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🇫🇷, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 🇳🇱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐲𝐦𝐫𝐮 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐃 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡! #FootballDiplomacy #WomensSportsDiplomacy

If anyone is after a prime seat in the Canton red wall end for the Lichtenstein game drop me a line as I have a ticket going 👍. Face value / ono. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚽

Current Socceroo and former Wales youth international at Bolton, Gethin Jones, is an option. It's a similar story for Rhys Williams, who is now retired. Good read though!

Cracking game and atmosphere at GIO stadium in Canberra this eve for the Matildas 🇦🇺 v Argentina 🇦🇷 - the Welsh Aussie diaspora (Waussies!) was out in full force too! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇺⚽🤝❤️

💡 Wondering about what the field of Sports Diplomacy involves? ❓Keen to find out what skills, knowledge and experience you need to become a Sports Diplomat? #SportsDiplomacy #SportsDiplomat ⏬Then this article is for you⏬

⭐ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 ⭐ 📈 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩-𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 📉 open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

Exactly this mate re BD 👍👏. Good to see you guys got some Wal Goch festival £s via the WG WEURO25 round of funding 👍. Pob lwc with it all and take care out there 👏👍

Should’ve been permanently appointed Cymru capt months ago for these reasons and the fact he is fit for most games (fingers crossed this continues) - time for CB to make this tough decision imho. AR can still be part of a leadership group of course 👍. BD rarely plays a poor game and a true leader 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🎥 In a wide-ranging interview for YouTube channel ‘Beyond the Playbook’, I explore how sports (diplomacy) has helped Wales-Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 carve out a distinct voice and profile internationally. 🌐 Interview also traverses broader themes in global sports diplomacy from 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇫🇷🇿🇦 and beyond! #sportsdiplomacy

That’s a huge result Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 live on my Etihad flight! 👏❤️

Gridlocked in traffic M4 J18/19 closed! Trying to get to Heathrow for a flight already delayed over a day it highlights the madness of having only truly major airport in London that paralyses the UK when it goes wrong! Extra runway is madness. Extend a regional airport & spread wealth / opportunity!

Have a great Congress. I love the promo poster, looks great 👍👏

📣 Check out my new article: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮: 𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Get access to this piece and subscribe for free to my insights platform and newsletter 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱. 👇Click👇

Key contributing factor why Welsh (across UK) economy is struggling. £8.70 to go just 1 stop rtn from Pye Corner to Cardiff (approx 10km) on @transportforwales.bsky.social 🤷‍♂️ Scandalous, business unfriendly and little wonder roads are clogged! @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @welshgovernment.bsky.social

👀 @lempika7.bsky.social #basketballdiplomacy

I agree with this. It’s a better standard than many in Australia and overseas think and has improved in general since its inception. Steady progress.

📣 Happy new year, check out my latest article on future trends in sports diplomacy. 📰 For free access and to subscribe to Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped 🔽 open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

📣 Check out my end-of-year article on Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped, where I consider future trends in sports diplomacy into 2025 and beyond. 🙏 Diolch yn fawr, thank you all so much for your support during 2024. Happy New Year 🎉👍. G #SportsDiplomacy open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

Hanes waw! Incredible stuff tonight from @Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿WNT in #Dublin - huge I tell you - see you in Suisse 🇨🇭. #Qualified 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✔️. Emotional roller coaster, but we did it. Ymlaen Cymru, proud moment! 👏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The Trans Dinarica: A new 5,500km bike trail linking eight #Balkan nations is an incredibly diverse and stunning route and also a triumph for #CyclingDiplomacy 🚵‍♂️ #SportsDiplomacy 🕊️👍 🇸🇮🇭🇷🇧🇦🇲🇪🇦🇱🇲🇰🇷🇸🇽🇰 🤝 🚴‍♂️ 🤝 🕊️ www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

An interesting piece by Anubhav Shankar Goswami on opportunities for #cricketdiplomacy 🏏 between 🇦🇺🤝🇮🇳 as the test series between both nations unfolds. #crickettourism

📣 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 ⭐ Excited to present a guest article by close network colleague, Imanol Galdos ⬇️ 💡 𝐄𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐧 - 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

📣 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 ⭐ Excited to present a guest article by close network colleague, Imanol Galdos ⬇️ 💡 𝐄𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐧 - 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

Last night I hit 5k followers on here! In honor of that crazy milestone, I’m going to follow @lollardfish.bsky.social example and give a copy of my new co-edited book Berlin Sports www.uapress.com/product/berl... to someone here. To enter just repost this. Will ship for free to UK or US address

Eric Young, Tim Cahill, John Charles, Jan Molby

Fascinating to follow this ‘story’ Lindsay 👍🙏

Just a quick reminder.

I love this. Craig Bellamy showing how to be a fantastic football diplomat, build football cultural relations and humbly show respect and thanks to the host nation 👏👍. Da iawn CB👍. I will be in #Istanbul in December so very happy to see this 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🇹🇷⚽️❤️ See ⬇️ x.com/cymru/status...

📢 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗬 𝗨𝗡𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 (SDU). ⬇️ For article access and to subscribe to my newsletter-insights platform SDU for free: ✅ substack.com/home/post/p-... 🙏 Thanks-diolch! #SportsDiplomacy #FootballDiplomacy #Australia #UnitedStates #US

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 📣 "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶, 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹" ⬇ Hit the link to access this new article and subscribe to my newsletter and insights platform for free ⬇ open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

📢 Check out my new article on Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped with @GavinMPrice 🧘‍♂️'How kabaddi, yoga, and sailing show that sports may be the world’s most dynamic diplomatic tool’: substack.com/home/post/p-...

📢 Check out my latest article on Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped with Gavin Price: 'How the mixing of football, cultural relations and creative industries offers a powerful platform for sports diplomacy' ⬇️Click here for access and to subscribe for free⬇️ sportsdiplomacy.substack.com

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🚀 Exciting news! - I have just launched a new newsletter and insights platform that explains and demystifies the complex field of sports diplomacy 🚀 🌎🌏🌍🤝⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🥎🎾🏉🏓🏑🏏🥊🥍🏸🎳🏐🏂🎿🚴⛳️🏋️🥋🤺 Subscribe for free at the link below and let’s share info and ideas 🔽 open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi... Thanks 🙏