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It’s really hard to find the words to describe today & what it meant to me & my family. No day in my sporting life could ever come close to the feeling I had today. Privileged, honoured & completely blown away to name a few. RL is the greatest sport on earth & tonight showed why

Exactly what Matthew Syed was talking about in his book, Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking. Hopefully there will be many more examples of this type of cross sector business cooperation in these difficult times.

A great thing to come out of the crisis would be a deeper appreciation of the greatness of science & engineering. ⁦Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team⁩ and ⁦UCL⁩ have produced a breathing device in 100 hours and ⁦Dyson⁩ a ventilator. ⁦Lewis Hamilton⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/when-s…

Diversity of Thought 👇

In our dreams Ben Knight

You can now see the minutes of the govt scientific groups. They make for stunning reading. Clear that they were fixated on pandemic flu rather than coronavirus. Groupthink. Containment scarcely considered. The problem compounded by a lack of diversity thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…

Is it time to get rid of Footballer of the Year awards? The best teams are not about individual brilliance but collective harmony. Who is the best Liverpool player? It’s difficult to separate the contribution of any one player from that of every other thetimes.co.uk/article/salute…

What a day. Keeping my club in the premier league for another year. MY club ❤️⚽️ #AVFC

This afternoon a hard drive containing work and personal projects was lost. I was cycling from dalston via london fields, through Broadway market down by the canal and finally through Victoria park. If anyone has found it please can you call 07967363505. Reward offered for return

Another good round of championship games. Really enjoying conference structure: gives all 18 clubs a fair crack; allows for patience with younger players; removing threat of relegation likely promotes better pitches; blessed with some excellent games so far

There’s never been a better time to celebrate the positive things that are happening in the world of football. Here’s a good news story from that vibrant world of community, identity and activism...

A certain video game got involved to help promote the campaign, and as a result AKFC have created the #AFRICA11 SBC in FUT, which requires the building of a squad of African players to unlock arguably the season's best kits. 📸 Rob Low

So far they've raised enough money to give over 84,000 children access to an AK football, supported 4 full-time ethical jobs and trained 30 health coaches in disadvantaged communities! Incredible.

Tune into #BetterStories to hear more about Alive and Kicking and our exciting partnership with Better which is giving young people access to sport.

.Alive and Kicking & UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has partnered to launch this year’s Youth with Refugees Art Contest with the theme “Together through sport” which sheds light on the power of sport to bring people together and create a sense of hope 👏🏽 Learn more: bit.ly/3hbj5P0

ISSUE 3! OUT NOW! FREE! England Football, Focus on Tech, The FA Sunday Cup, Women's, Walking, Small-sided and Disability. Refs, Coaches, greatest games, unsung heroes. 72 pages that champion the very best of grassroots football on its way to 65+ venues. grassrootspost.uk/issue-3

Thanks to the The Grassroots Post for featuring Alive and Kicking and our work in your fantastic paper. Make sure you check it out, it's free too!

Please record the awkward moment when you tell them you’ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported.😉

Stoke Newington CC Results round-up Week 6 Richard Sykes hits back to back 50’s as the Men’s 1s are foiled by the weather. Wagonex #attheheartofhackneycricket 📷 Rob Low