Category: Football
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What a nail-biter! Superb to see England grab a late qualifier in yesterday’s Euro match against Russia. Our Saving Lives ambassadors Rachel Brown, Steph Houghton, Jill Scott, Fara Williams, Karen Carney and Eniola Aluko are all over in Sweden with the England squad, and we’ll be cheering them on. Keep your eyes peeled, too, for Saving…
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Many happy returns to our founding Football Saving Lives patron, Stiliyan Petrov. Stan has been a huge support to the charity, and an incredibly influential advocate for his cause. Despite his recent health issues, he has remained one of the big faces of our charity, and for that we’re hugely grateful. Happy birthday, Stan –…
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The British Medical Football Team have been playing excellently at the World Medical Football Championship, beating two of the teams in their group – Belorussia and Hungary by five goals to nil, and drawing with the big beast, Spain. They advance to a quarter against Ukraine, which they won today by four goals to one.…
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Football Saving Lives ambassador Nathan Redmond made his full England debut this evening, playing in the England Under-21s side against Italy. He was joined by fellow ambassador Jack Butland – both did some great work, congratulations!
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Football Saving Lives ambassador Jack Butland recently spoke to Zip magazine about his career, his ambitions … and Saving Lives! We’re proud to have a player like Jack so full behind our campaign – so thanks to him for wearing our colours. You can read about the interview in Zip’s latest issue here.
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Big congratulations our Football Saving Lives advocate, Kerys Harrop, who has been called up for the England team for the first time. According to BBC Sport: Coach Hope Powell said: “Kerys has done well with the under-23s and we have been monitoring her for a while.” Harrop, 22, was a part of the Birmingham side…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, appeared on BBC News 24 on December 1st, World AIDS Day, discussing the current HIV situation both in the UK and worldwide. You can watch the report that preceded his interview as well as his remarks below: We also featured on both Radio 4 and Radio 5, recordings of…
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Thanks to Aston Villa FC for their support this National HIV Testing Week: Villa players have lent their support to Saving Lives, a national HIV awareness charity based in Birmingham. Saving Lives are attempting to improve the health of the public and the players are helping to spread the message to fans. “There are about…
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A national HIV awareness charity, Saving Lives, has signed up a series of international sporting stars to stress the importance of HIV testing as part of an innovative marketing campaign set to launch this month to coincide with the very first National HIV Testing Week (Nov 23rd – Dec 1st, World AIDS Day). Saving Lives…
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Courtesy of our supporters at Aston Villa Football Club, we now have brand new images of our footballing advocates from that club. Dressed in their 2012/13 home and away strips, our advocates are continuing to fly the flag for Saving Lives. [tags=2012] Gary Gardner and Darren Bent feature in our new Saving Lives Avengers campaign.…