The International Association of Sports Newspapers (IASN) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have launched a new World Football Reading Passport, which will be offered to children by newspapers worldwide during this year's World Cup.

The passport is an educational tool that uses sports, and notably football, to encourage young people to read and learn about journalism, sports, geography, language and character, through a series of exercises that can be used at home or in schools.

The materials can be found at www.wan-ifra.org/youngreader in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

About the IASN
The IASN, which represents the leading voices in the international sport press and acts as the sport arm of WAN-IFRA, exists to defend and promote the values of sports and the interests and freedom of the sports press.