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

   

   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.

2. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

   

   Grace Chirumanzu is one of only four female sports reporters and journalists in Zimbabwe.

3. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

   

   Marina Levchenko currently works at the Russian Olympic Committee, where she is a senior expert for International Cooperation.

4. Track & Field Athletes from Kenya and Nigeria Participate in Sports Diplomacy

   

   A group of Kenyan and Nigerian athletes participated in a fast-paced track and field exchange.

5. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

   

   As Director of Law and Regulation at the Ministry of Sport, Hongxia Wei is responsible for policymaking, legislation, popularization of law, and jurisprudential study in sport.

6. What Do Exchange Programs Mean to You?

   

   We asked Americans, alumni of our International Exchange Programs, what exchange programs meant to them.

7. First U.S.-Japan Sports Exchange

   

   The first U.S.-Japan Sports Exchange.

8. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

   

   Masany Gultom is currently the COO for the Developing Basketball Leagues in Indonesia, which are the "first sports companies in the country."

9. What's It Like to Study Arabic in Egypt?

   

   Margaret Mullins studied Arabic in Egypt for several months. She describes her time living with a host family, learning Arabic and exploring Egyptian culture.

10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    

    Newly appointed Global Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spends time in Brazil to speak with youth about the importance and power of education.

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