The Fiercest of Friends: Sports Diplomacy in the Australia-UK relationship

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Abstract

The fiercest of friends: Sports Diplomacy in the Australia-UK relationship, the world’s first bilateral Sports Diplomacy Dialogue, offered the chance to explore a connection forever bound to the major sporting and diplomatic events of our time.

Bringing Ministers, Olympians, High Commissioners, professors, sportspeople and business leaders together, the Dialogue honed in on the history, contemporary relevance and potential of sport in the Australia-UK (AUK) relationship.

Hosted by Sports Diplomacy Alliance the one-day event brought a unique sporting dimension to the 2021/22 UK/Australia Season (Who are We Now?) and built multistakeholder partnerships with the British Council, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Griffith Asia Institute, and the UK Government’s
GREAT campaign and Department of Trade and Industry.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherSports Diplomacy Alliance
Commissioning bodyDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2022

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