LFC: Photos: Reds with UN in Doha
Coaches from Liverpool Football Club are in Qatar coaching young adults from war-torn and
impoverished countries as part of a new partnership with the United Nations and Liverpoolfc.tv is
with them to bring you these great shots.
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LFC: Reds arrive in Qatar
Liverpool Football Club last night arrived in Qatar to begin a partnership with the United
Nations which will help children from war-torn and impoverished countries.
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A news article on 2012-01-09 09:44:04 from: Liverpool FC
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As we told you earlier this week, the München Men have been biding their time
at a training camp in Doha. Bastian Schweinsteiger recovered well enough from
his shoulder operation (which quite honestly, left a sexy scar!) to play in their win over
Al-Sailiya last night.
The United Nations x Shipwrecked Footballers?
Let Didier Drogba, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Zizou and even Michael Ballack teach you about the
Millennium Development Goals in a manner that I really hope, for everyone's sake, was intended to
be overflowing with sarcasm. It's a 32-page comic teaching about the United Nations' MDGs set for
2015 through the form of top footballers being shipwrecked and having to deal with real life
issues, like living a day without Sara Carbonero.
The United Nations x Shipwrecked Footballers?
Let Didier Drogba, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Zizou and even Michael Ballack teach you about the
Millennium Development Goals in a manner that I really hope, for everyone's sake, was intended to
be overflowing with sarcasm. It's a 32-page comic teaching about the United Nations' MDGs set for
2015 through the form of top footballers being shipwrecked and having to deal with real life
issues, like living a day without Sara Carbonero.
The U.S. team got a special opportunity to visit the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan on Monday morning,
spending an hour touring the site (PHOTOS).
After a short briefing, the team posed for a photo in front of the Survivor Tree, the lone tree
that wasn't lost in the attack here 10 years ago.
"It was really a special opportunity for us," said Tim Ream, who's uncle was inside the Pentagon
during the attacks on Sept.
Brazilian football legend, Marta, was in Sierra Leone in the last two days to
promote women's empowerment. The UNDP Goodwill Ambassador met with university students,
footballers, advocates and students. Marta also told them the story of how she overcame a difficult
childhood to become the best female football player in the world.
By Chris Wright
The Colorado Rapids got tanked 4-1 on Sunday evening by Colombus Crew but any hangover caused by
the heavy defeat was quickly Alka-Seltzer'ed the following day as the newly-crowned MLS champions
were presented with their title by President Barack Obama at the White House no less.
Málaga FC will sport the logo of the United Nations cultural organization as part of an "Imagining
Peace" campaign that will also include Internet and social media messages aimed largely at youth.
GENEVA, Switzerland Spanish national and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, along with Special
Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr. Wilfried Lemke,
launched the new comic book "Score the Goals" at the United Nations in Geneva. Following his
appointment as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador by Ms.
