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Gavin Price
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💡 Expert in #sportsdiplomacy, #internationalrelations, #culturalrelations & #trade. Director, Europe @ Sports Diplomacy Alliance. Assoc. Consultant, Counsel Ltd.

🌐 Visit my website, Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped: https://sportsdiplomacy.substack.com
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⭐ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 ⭐

📈 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩-𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 📉

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Sport as Strategy: How Australia Can Navigate Trump-Era Trade Tariffs through Sports Paradiplomacy
Gavin Price explores how sports paradiplomacy could provide Australia with a strategic, values-driven approach to enabling trade and diplomatic ties with U.S. substate actors amid federal tensions.
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Just a reminder so hopefully I’m not just talking to myself! I’m doing a talk about the Basque children refugees in Caerleon & my book ‘Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao’ at the Cwtsh Arts Centre on 5th December. Come along! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Newport #Euskadi #AthleticClub #RefugeesWelcome
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social @forwalesseewales.bsky.social - Bore da, Will and co - hope all is well. Love the pod 👍👏. How about a special on Welsh politics and the intersection with sports and cultural (diplomacy) in the future? See 🔽
🥇 Should Wales–Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 have its own Olympic or cricket teams?

💁🏽‍♂️ Could full sporting + creative sovereignty bring more global recognition than diluted UK 🇬🇧 sporting representation?

Read my latest article: Dragons Beyond Borders ⬇️

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October 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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How the 'Cult of the Entrepreneur' and the 'God in a box' are distorting long term investment and climate solutions
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How the 'Cult of the Entrepreneur' and the 'God in a box' are distorting long term investment and climate solutions
I listened to a bonus episode of the podcast Drilled this week, "The 'Carbon Dominance' Strategy Driving Trump's Anti-Renewable Spree". The link to the podcast is included in its accompanying article,...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🥇 Should Wales–Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 have its own Olympic or cricket teams?

💁🏽‍♂️ Could full sporting + creative sovereignty bring more global recognition than diluted UK 🇬🇧 sporting representation?

Read my latest article: Dragons Beyond Borders ⬇️

open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...
October 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🥇 Should Wales–Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 have its own Olympic or cricket team?

Could full sports + creative sovereignty bring more global recognition for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿?

Dragons Beyond Borders: Could full Creative and Sporting Sovereignty Redefine Wales–Cymru on the Global Stage?

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Dragons Beyond Borders: Could full Creative and Sporting Sovereignty Redefine Wales-Cymru on the Global Stage?
Is Wales–Cymru missing its greatest chance to be seen - and to shape influence - on the world stage? Gavin Price unpacks the sporting sovereignty debate from the Olympics to international cricket.
sportsdiplomacy.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🏉⚽️Ep241: The WRU's decision 🏟️🍻

What would the disappearance of the Dragons mean for Rodney Parade, Newport County and the city centre?

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#ncafc 🧡🖤
September 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Love this Chris - Aupa County, Ymlaen Athletic 😉👍❤️🧡🖤🤍👏⚽
Following on from last night about the speaker of Herri Harmalian wearing the #AthleticClub inspired Newport County shirt - look at these photos. The kit and San Mamés in all their glory 👌🏻. Aupa Athletic! 🔴⚪️
August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
⚽✨ Newport County’s new away kit, inspired by Athletic Club #Bilbao + the #Basque refugee children welcomed to #Wales in 1937, shows football as diplomacy — fans, history + place building international friendship

#SportsDiplomacy #FootballDiplomacy #Newport #Bilbao #Cymru #Euskadi #Casnewydd 🧡🖤❤️🤍🤝⚽
Why the Newport County-Athletic Bilbao shirt fusion launch offers a compelling model for Place-Based and Fan-Driven Football Diplomacy
Gavin Price explains why the launch of the Newport County–Athletic Bilbao fusion kit goes beyond football, serving as a powerful catalyst for positive, people-centred international cultural relations.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Great listen and that Le Coq Sportif Uruguay strip in the pics is a thing of historical beauty! ❤️👍🇺🇾👍
Little Uruguay, Olympic - and de facto world champions - in 1924 and 28; then the first official world champions in 1930

And been punching above their weight ever since. Great listen
NEW PODCAST 🎙️

Football and national identity in #Uruguay with Will Huddleston

Have a listen ▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/3Ouf...
July 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🌐 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝! 🇽🇰

“𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐊𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞”

Read it for free here ⏩ open.substack.com/pub/sportsdi...

👏 Thank you, Σας ευχαριστώ to guest author on Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped: Stratos Chiotis 🙏
July 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
⚽ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 - 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐄𝐅𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎 2025 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

🏆 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🇫🇷, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 🇳🇱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐲𝐦𝐫𝐮 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐃 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡!

#FootballDiplomacy #WomensSportsDiplomacy
Beyond Swiss Touchlines: The Soft Power Stakes in UEFA Women's EURO 2025's Group of Influence
Four nations, one group, global stakes. Gavin Price unpacks how Group D at WEURO25 could reshape sports diplomacy and boost national global profiles at Europe’s premier women’s football tournament.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
If anyone is after a prime seat in the Canton red wall end for the Lichtenstein game drop me a line as I have a ticket going 👍. Face value / ono. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚽
Liechtenstein are currently 205th in the Fifa rankings

Nestled between The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos

A trio of tax havens
June 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Current Socceroo and former Wales youth international at Bolton, Gethin Jones, is an option. It's a similar story for Rhys Williams, who is now retired. Good read though!
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Cracking game and atmosphere at GIO stadium in Canberra this eve for the Matildas 🇦🇺 v Argentina 🇦🇷 - the Welsh Aussie diaspora (Waussies!) was out in full force too! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇺⚽🤝❤️
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
💡 Wondering about what the field of Sports Diplomacy involves?

❓Keen to find out what skills, knowledge and experience you need to become a Sports Diplomat?

#SportsDiplomacy #SportsDiplomat

⏬Then this article is for you⏬
Becoming a Sports Diplomat: Skills, Knowledge & Experience for a Growing Global Profession
Gavin Price draws on leadership experience in sports diplomacy and human resources to propose a foundational competency framework for the fast-evolving role of the sports diplomat.
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May 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
⭐ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 ⭐

📈 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩-𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 📉

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Sport as Strategy: How Australia Can Navigate Trump-Era Trade Tariffs through Sports Paradiplomacy
Gavin Price explores how sports paradiplomacy could provide Australia with a strategic, values-driven approach to enabling trade and diplomatic ties with U.S. substate actors amid federal tensions.
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Exactly this mate re BD 👍👏. Good to see you guys got some Wal Goch festival £s via the WG WEURO25 round of funding 👍. Pob lwc with it all and take care out there 👏👍
agree. He's ended up captaining Cymru more often than not anyway!
April 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Should’ve been permanently appointed Cymru capt months ago for these reasons and the fact he is fit for most games (fingers crossed this continues) - time for CB to make this tough decision imho. AR can still be part of a leadership group of course 👍. BD rarely plays a poor game and a true leader 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Reminder on his birthday
We have 10 internationals scheduled for 2025. Ben Davies needs to play in 8 of them to reach his century of caps

If he plays in the next 8 straight he'll win his 100th at home to Belgium in October, 13 years and a day since his debut
April 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🎥 In a wide-ranging interview for YouTube channel ‘Beyond the Playbook’, I explore how sports (diplomacy) has helped Wales-Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 carve out a distinct voice and profile internationally.

🌐 Interview also traverses broader themes in global sports diplomacy from 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇫🇷🇿🇦 and beyond!

#sportsdiplomacy
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬-𝐂𝐲𝐦𝐫𝐮, 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧?
They all highlight the growing power of sport as a tool for paradiplomacy by substate nations — shaping identity, amplifying influence, driving tourism and trade and fostering global conversations.
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April 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
That’s a huge result Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 live on my Etihad flight! 👏❤️
March 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gridlocked in traffic M4 J18/19 closed! Trying to get to Heathrow for a flight already delayed over a day it highlights the madness of having only truly major airport in London that paralyses the UK when it goes wrong! Extra runway is madness. Extend a regional airport & spread wealth / opportunity!
March 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Have a great Congress. I love the promo poster, looks great 👍👏
Looking forward to participating in this event in Malaga later in the week
@comunifac.bsky.social
#SpringMalaga2025
February 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Why the Welsh Government should engage with its expanding diaspora in Australia: A call for sports diplomacy and a permanent diplomatic presence.
Gavin Price advocates for Welsh-Australian sports diplomacy and a Welsh diplomatic hub in Australia to engage with Wales' expanding diaspora as working holiday visas rise sharply among young people.
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February 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Key contributing factor why Welsh (across UK) economy is struggling. £8.70 to go just 1 stop rtn from Pye Corner to Cardiff (approx 10km) on @transportforwales.bsky.social 🤷‍♂️ Scandalous, business unfriendly and little wonder roads are clogged! @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @welshgovernment.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM