Zoyia Amou Matur’s love for volleyball began when she was just nine years old.

“Volleyball is discipline, love, unity and, above all, it is peace,” she says.

Zoyia was inspired by her father, a former footballer, who encouraged her passion for sport.

Wang Deng is proud of, and passionate about, his country.

In 2002, the former soldier in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army was injured during a fierce battle on the frontlines of the war for independence in the city of Malakal in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan.

South Sudan’s President today announced the country will return to 10 states in a bid to end a tense-standoff with opposition parties just a week out from a deadline requiring the formation of a new transitional government.