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Dilzum “Icy” Yuabamson, SF Nigeria Team Leader, whose journey from  a Coordinator to Camp Assistant and now Team Leader is nothing short of inspiring. Icy shares powerful insights from the field, leadership lessons, and how faith, perseverance, and service have shaped his calling - in the midst of Christian persecution. Don’t miss this episode as he also reflects on family life with his wife Vivien and their two children, and how ministry and home intertwine in his story.

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Phil Knox is a prominent British evangelist and missiology expert who currently serves as the Head of Gospel Impact at the Evangelical Alliance in the UK. He is widely recognized for his work in equipping churches to share the Christian faith naturally through relationships, particularly focusing on the power of friendship and storytelling. 

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Ben “Wild-Cat” and Kyle “Mad-Dog” welcome you back to our new season of the Already Won Podcast ... Season 5!! This new season we are focused on being able to "Thrive"  as our theme, Thrive , is less about we do and more who we are in Christ. Thriving - everyday becoming more like Jesus and nvesting in others. This season, we will again celebrate athletes, coaches, and leaders who prove that in Christ… we’ve “Already Won.”

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Ben “Wild-Cat” and Kyle “Mad-Dog” wrap up Season Four of the Already Won Podcast! This review is a powerful reminder of our theme, More than Gold, as our great guests shared stories of faith, purpose, and victory that last beyond the game. In this finale, we celebrate athletes, coaches, and leaders who prove that in Christ… we’ve “Already Won.”

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AW S4 - Join us for a jam-packed episode with The Wildcat as we count down the Top 10 Moments of Season 4. You won’t want to miss this one—tune in! 

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SF Thailand Team Leader - Ton’s life has been dedicated to loving and serving children. He’s driven to see passionate, committed, and loving church-centered sports ministry coaches being trained up all across Thailand and, Lord willing, all across the globe. Ton became a Christian through a missionary to Thailand. He’s served in children’s ministry since 2009, and in 2016 started teaching them his long-loved sport, soccer, as a way to have fun, develop character, and learn skills such as teamwork. 2019, he attended Sports Friends’ Basic Training, and began serving as a volunteer in 2020. He also holds his AFC B Coaching License from the FA in Thailand. In 2022 he joined the Thailand team, and now serves out of Chiang Mai as our Sports Friends Thailand Team Leader.

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Ben Amonung serves as our Ghana Team Leader and has been leading the team since 2012.  Ben is a strategic thinker with a strong passion for business studies and development. In addition to his leadership role, he also owns and operates a school located in the northern region with his wife. Ben is married to Jacqueline and together they have four children: Theophilus, Lindy, Phidelia, Caleb.

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Brian Davidson has lived and led between the lines, on the sidelines, and in the stands He’s a four-time Hall of Fame soccer inductee as a player and pioneer who co-founded the Charlotte Eagles and Sports Friends ministries, has served as chaplain for numerous teams, and now pioneers a sports ministry track with The Navigators. With an undergrad degree from Houghton University and a Master’s in Ministry/Discipleship from Liberty University, Brian has taken the gospel to over thirty nations through sport.  

He and Christine, his wife of forty-four years, have seven children who have participated in twelve different youth and school sports – one only played at the recreational level, another currently is a football player at Clemson University, and the other five played at all different levels in between. The Davidsons also have ten grandchildren – seven who currently play youth sports. Their family motto is - Love God. Like Sports. Their compelling life vision is this: To always be in position to experience the glory of the impossible—whereby God works in and through them beyond anything they could dream or imagine, and God and God alone receives ALL the glory. 

"Davidson's 'Playbook of Deception' is a brilliantly convicting and powerfully imaginative work that exposes the subtle spiritual battles waged on the sidelines of youth sports. Inspired by C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, it translates Lewis’s timeless insight into today’s sports-obsessed culture with unnerving accuracy and deep biblical wisdom. Every letter peels back the layers of how good intentions can drift into idolatry—and just as importantly, how families can reclaim their calling as disciple-makers in the arena of athletics. This book is a wake-up call for Christian parents involved in sports, reminding them what truly matters most. This book will challenge, disturb, unsettle, and inspire you to see youth sports through the lens of eternity and not just earthly metrics." - Brian Smith, author of The Christian Athlete: Glorifying God in Sports and Away Game: A Christian Parent's Guide to Navigating Youth Sports.

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Mecara Bruce was a defender on the St. John’s Women’s Soccer team, and helped to launch AIA on her campus. In addition to starting all 19 games in her final season of play, she graduated with a 4.0 grade point average, and was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Women's Soccer Second Team. A finance major, is currently on sabbatical.

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Sandrine Ray's background spans the finance business world, professional and Olympic ice hockey, service as an Olympic advisor, and roles as a coach and chaplain (now with Athletes in Action). She was a pioneer with Team Switzerland women’s hockey, which narrowly missed qualifying for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics by just one goal in the final qualification game.  The team did make its Olympic debut in Turin 2006, advancing to the quarterfinals after finishing second in Group A, but ultimately falling to Sweden and finishing 7th overall—highlighted by an 11–0 victory over host nation Italy. Sandrine, along with her trailblazing teammates, helped pave the way for Swiss women’s hockey, leading to Olympic qualification in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, where Switzerland captured a historic bronze medal. She currently works as a Coordinator with Athletes in Action (AIA) in Switzerland.
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