UTS Urban Youth Games
The last day of the UTS World Youth Festival was the spectacular Bangkok Urban Games 2022. Over 80 teams registered in the Futsol, 3×3 Basketball, Sepaktakraw, Rock Climbing, Skateboarding, Break Dancing, Petanque, Teq Ball and Cheerleading competitions. It was the perfect ending to an ALL INCLUSIVE week and where teams from all over the region came to […]
ITA Need to Know List for 2023
This month as the ITA Operations Development Senior Manager, Mark Stuart, and WADA Medical, Science and Medicine Manager, David Healy, take us through all of this, and present the most important information that athletes and their support personnel need to know, in a practical and interactive format. We will leave time at the end of […]
Muaythai Takes Center Stage at UTS Festival
Muaythai, which is the national sport of Thailand and an IOC recognized sport under the world governing body, IFMA, took center stage at day 5 at the United Through Sports Youth Festival. Over 400 youth ambassadors participated in the cultural exchange, conducted by 4 of the leading Thai Masters of IFMA. NSDF Fund Manager, Supranee […]
Disadvantaged Communities Join UTS
One of the main missions of UTS is to promote the sporting values using sport as a tool for inclusivity and integration. Over 200 youth comprised of migrant and refugee young people have come to join as Youth Ambassadors. This is part of the strong partnership with UTS and Right To Play, Generations for Peace, […]
UN World Tolerance Day at UTS World Youth Festival 2022
Every 16th of November is the International Day for Tolerance and certainly this day was a special day at the UTS Festival. The event opened with a beautiful performance of the Thai Paralympic moment with a wheelchair dance and Thai youth musician Pakin with a beautiful saxophone solo. The world leaders, athletes and advocates stood […]
UTS Education Forum Day 2
Day 2 saw an intensive programme of 8 workshops running parallel around the education centre of Srinakharinwirot University with UNESCO young leaders on sports and SDGs, LA Angle City Sports and the amazing Frech Family. ITA delivering on clean sport and the Future opening by WADA President Witold Banka, Mission 89 delivering a workshop on […]
All Inclusive Good Morning Bangkok
Over 50 youth ambassadors came together to celebrate a morning workout which was held by some true sporting champions. Paralympics and Ezra Frech took the youth ambassadors to a power jump workout while muaythai world champion Janice Lyn took them for a basic workout. Founder of Shefighter Lina Khalifeh showed them amazing self-defence skills while […]
The UTS All-inclusive Sports Festival
The university grounds of Thailand famous Srinakharinwirot University in the heart of Bangkok has been changed into one massive sporting grounds where over 60 sports organised daily activities in the different zones. Urban, Combat, sport for all, centre court, mind games, main stage, boxing ring, basketball court. Every 2 hours the activities changed with the […]
UTS World Youth Conference 2022
Over 200 youth were involved in the UTS World Youth Festival which included an educational conference, cultural and sports activities, promoting inclusion. The opening conference started with an inspirational message from the International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach. International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons, Special Olympics International President, Timothy Shiver. It was then that […]
UTS World Festival Opening Ceremony
The 2022 United Through Sports World Youth Festival opened in style in a spectacle of color, dance andperformance. The VIP area was packed with dignitaries including HRH Prince Tengku Amir Shah ofMalaysia, HRH Princess Dilayl Nahar Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, representatives from United Nations,UNESCO, IOC Member Samira Ashghari, over 50 representatives of embassies and […]