1. Grace Kiraguri Learns To Balance It All

   In her endeavors to launch her own sports marketing firm, Grace Kiraguri of Nairobi, Kenya faced challenges that led her to discover important life lessons.

2. Russian Volleyball Players Visit the U.S.

   

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

3. Denis Crean on #WithoutLimits

   

   Denis Crean, a Sports Envoy from the United States, tells us what living without limits means to him.

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

   

   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.

5. New Exchange Supports Global Growth of American Football

   In a country like Brazil where the term futebol almost always means soccer, you might be surprised to find a team like the Recife Mariners playing American-style football.

6. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Holds a Special Clinic in Japan

   

   As part of the “Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative,” the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team took to the soccer field with Japanese girls in Sendai, Japan on March 27.

7. U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Travel to Guatemala

   

   Partnering with US Soccer, the U.S. State Department sent former Women’s National Team Players Tracey Noonan and Shannon MacMillan to a sports envoy program in Guatemala.

8. U.S. State Department & NHL Partner for Ice Hockey Exchange with Russia

   

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs hosted a Russian delegation of 18 youth hockey players and their coaches, who participated in the first-ever ice hockey exchange between the two countries.

9. LGBT Pride Month: The U.S. Department of State Welcomes NBA Player Jason Collins

   

   NBA basketball star Jason Collins tipped off LGBT Pride Month at the U.S. Department of State by enchanting a Department audience with tales of both tough personal decisions and personal successes.

10. Sri Lestari on #WithoutLimits

    

    Sri Lestari, a Sports Grantee from Indonesia, tells us what living without limits means to him.

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