Tag: right to dream

A warm welcome awaits Craig Bellamy’s boys’ on their return to Freetown

July 5, 2010 No Comments by benkeene

FREETOWN – 1 July, 2010 A WARM welcome awaits the first generation of Academy boys from the Craig Bellamy Foundation and official partners Security Support Group International (SSGI) when they return to Freetown from Ghana on 1 July, 2010. Youngsters from the first ever Football Academy in Sierra Leone, who went through a vigorous selection [...]

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From blood diamonds to beach football

September 7, 2009 No Comments by admin

In one of the world’s poorest countries an innovative new sports foundation led by a premier league player is changing more than just perceptions. *** “The rebels were at our door. They came in with their guns. They wanted my baby son. I pleaded no, that he had a stomach sickness. The female rebel told [...]

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