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Sports Visitors from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela

During a time-out, the young coaches receive a history lesson about the World Baseball Classic.

Organized to coincide with the World Baseball Classics, ECA had a Sports Visitor program for baseball and softball youth coaches from March 1 to 11, 2013.

Sports Diplomacy and Senegal: Empowering Women and Girls through Basketball

The Senegalese girls take part in a friendly basketball scrimmage at a D.C.-area gym.

The Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative’s 2013 calendar tipped off with the Senegal Sports Visitor basketball program.

Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo

The Brazilian visitors work on dribbling by performing one-handed push-ups.

ECA hosted 14 teenage athletes—seven boys and seven girls—and two coaches from Brazil in the U.S. for a basketball exchange from February 6 to 18, 2013.

Basketball and Bilingualism Make for an All Star Exchange

When Marcos Henrique arrived to the U.S. for the Brazil Basketball All Star Sports Visitor Program, he hit the ground running.

Bumping Up Efforts to Empower Women and Girls Worldwide: Gulf Nations Volleyball Coaches

The female volleyball coaches take part in a friendly game with Americans.

Under the State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative, the Gulf Nations Volleyball Visitor Program brought 10 female volleyball coaches from Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Yemen to the U.S. for activities focused on the development of sports programs for women and girls.

One-on-one with Sports Envoy Sam Perkins and Sports Visitor Joseline Kenyi from South Sudan

South Sudan Sports Visitors.

In November 2012, Sports Diplomacy brought five South Sudanese coaches to the U.S. for a 10-day dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on developing youth basketball programs in the country.

Building Bonds with Burma through Basketball

Burmese teenage girls practice their skills together at a D.C.-area high school.

Sports Diplomacy tipped off 2013 with the first-ever State Department Burmese sports visitor program.

South Sudan and Sports Diplomacy: Basketball Coaches from the World’s Newest Nation

One of the participants shares tips on shooting with a D.C.-area coaching peer.

Sports Diplomacy brought five coaches to the U.S. from South Sudan for a dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on creating opportunities for young South Sudanese to play basketball.

Russian Volleyball Players Visit the U.S.

Russian boys train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.

The first sports visitor program brought Russian volleyball players and coaches to Southern California for a beach volleyball.

Iraqi Taekwondo Program

The taekwondo visitors start with the basics at a special training session led by a representative of the Korean Embassy.

Working with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the U.S. State Department organized a dynamic taekwondo sports program.

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