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  2. Youth sports - Wikipedia

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    The practice of sport fosters young people's physical and emotional health and builds valuable social connections. It also offers opportunities for play and self-expression especially for those young people with few other opportunities. Sport also acts as a healthy alternative to harmful actions such as drug abuse, and involvement in crime ...

  3. Youth Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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    The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee.The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with the Olympic Winter Games held in leap years instead of the Summer Olympic Games.

  4. Sport for social development - Wikipedia

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    Sport is a tool utilized to get young people involved in their communities. Positive peer group relationships are also encouraged through coaching as well as the physical activity, which makes sport particularly beneficial to children with disorders such as ADHD. This leads to youth feeling integrated with other young people.

  5. Economic optimism belongs to the wealthy and, for some ... - AOL

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    Both wealthy individuals making more than $100,000 a year, and young people, defined as those under the age of 35, had the highest degrees of consumer confidence, according to the six-month average.

  6. YMCA - Wikipedia

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    YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. [1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization aims to put Christian values into practice by developing a ...

  7. New wellbeing programme launched for young people - AOL

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    May 22, 2024 at 1:46 AM. The iDiscovery programme is designed to support people 25 and under to cope with issues including anxiety and stress [BBC] A new service has been launched to support young ...

  8. From Deep Positional Recap: Young stars offer fantasy ... - AOL

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    The 2023-24 NBA season continues to be a roller coaster of highs and lows even into the playoffs, bringing with it an array of hits, misses and unexpected breakout stars across all positions.

  9. Special Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. [2] Special Olympics competitions are held daily, all around the world—including local, national and regional ...