SportsUnited

[4] The U.S. Department of State, through the SportsUnited division, restarted sports programming in 2002 with a grants competition focused on Muslim community outreach.

In 2003 the State Department brought a group of Iraqi archers to the U.S. to compete in the World Archery Championship.

Since 2005, the U.S. Department of State has sent nearly 300 Sports Envoys almost 70 countries including Afghanistan,[9] Burma,[10] Japan,[11] and Venezuela.

The Sports Visitor program gives young people an opportunity to discover how success in athletics translates into the development of life skills and achievement in the classroom.

[16][17] The Empowering Women and Girls through Sport Initiative was launched in February 2011 as a partnership between the U.S. Department of State and espnW.