Born in Greece to Nigerian migrant parents, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s route to the National Basketball Association (NBA) is nothing short of a fairytale. Currently shortlisted for one of the league’s finest honours - the Most Valuable Player award - the Milwaukee Bucks forward is so much more than just an extraordinary athlete. We take a closer look at his unlikely road to success.
A group in Berlin is helping migrant and refugee women to gain confidence and mobility, and save money, by teaching them to ride a bicycle.
Khalida Popal, player turned team director of the Afghan women's team, says she's worried that some of the men accused of sexually abusing players in Afghanistan will go unpunished. The allegations were denied by the Afghan FA last year.
Students at a school in Turin have organized a mini-Olympics in memory of Saamiya Yusuf Omar, a young Somali sprinter. Omar died in a migrant shipwreck in 2012.
Refugees finding their feet in a new country face all kinds of challenges. So how to unwind, let off steam and make new friends? In Berlin, women from Albania, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran have found an answer in coming together on the football pitch, as DW's Holly Young found out.
Becoming a successful ballet dancer while growing up in a refugee camp wasn't easy. DW caught up with the Netherlands-based dancer on World Dance Day to learn about his form of artistic resistance.
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Fondazione Milan have joined forces for the project ''Sport as therapy'' which will allow refugees evacuated from Libya to Niger to practice sport to help them overcome the traumatic experiences they have endured as migrants.
The Rome-based multi-ethnic football team "Pineto United" has protested against the shutdown of a migrant hosting center in the capital's Aurelia district. Club supporters say this will bring an end to the "training and social inclusion process of these boys."
Refugees finding their feet in a new country face all kinds of challenges. So how to unwind, let off steam and make new friends? In Berlin, women from Albania, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran have found in an answer in coming together on the soccer field.
Anszou Cissé is a young Senegalese migrant in Italy, who will soon be evicted from the Castelnuovo di Porto CARA reception center and sent away. He is also the pride and glory of the local football club, which is trying to keep him against all odds.
When a community football team needs recruits and a group of refugees needs a new home, they turn out to be a perfect fit. But first, there is ignorance and fear and prejudice to be overcome. That’s the basis of an Australian film featured in this year’s Global Migration Film Festival. The theme of building understanding through sports works well on screen, but in a climate of growing Islamophobia, how well does it work in reality?
Sport can play a crucial role in helping migrant children and teenagers overcome fears and trauma. Over 70 percent of participants in a sports program run by the charity of football giant FC Barcelona "showed significant improvement," a study found.