{"id":16438,"date":"2022-07-29T05:33:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=16438"},"modified":"2022-07-29T05:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T05:33:08","slug":"watch-malala-gives-inspiring-speech-at-commonwealth-games-opening-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=16438&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Malala gives inspiring speech at Commonwealth Games opening in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Malala Yousafzai represents Pakistan during opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games.<\/strong><\/li><li>Prince Charles attends ceremony instead of Queen Elizabeth.<\/li><li><strong>Malala shares important message for all athletes\u00a0in speech.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-cnvs-separator-id-1659072365209\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In a proud moment for Pakistan, Nobel Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai attended the Commonwealth Games inauguration ceremony Friday and outlined the importance of girls\u2019 education during her address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was held in Birmingham and attended by Prince Charles instead of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. The Prince declared the games open as he read out the message of the Queen for the Commonwealth nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malala Yousafzai represented Pakistan and highlighted the importance of girls\u2019 education in Pakistan during the ceremony through a documentary film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her speech, Malala said it was an honour to attend the meet and stressed the importance of girls\u2019 education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an honour for being here in the opening ceremony and I welcome everyone in Birmingham,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcac&quot;As we watch incredible athletes of the Commonwealth Games, each child deserves the chance to reach their full potential and pursue their wildest dreams.&quot;<br><br>A very special and poignant address from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Malala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Malala<\/a> at the Opening Ceremony.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#B2022<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CommonwealthSport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CommonwealthSport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b2s7OuxZQv\">pic.twitter.com\/b2s7OuxZQv<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Birmingham 2022 (@birminghamcg22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/birminghamcg22\/status\/1552748943678873602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe young athletes competing at the Games are a reminder that every child deserves the chance to reach her full potential and pursue her wildest dreams,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcac&quot;Tonight, teams from 72 countries join Birmingham to celebrate friendship across borders.&quot;<br><br>\u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Malala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Malala<\/a>&#39;s address was incredible!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#B2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/612sHZN8T2\">pic.twitter.com\/612sHZN8T2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Birmingham 2022 (@birminghamcg22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/birminghamcg22\/status\/1552773429492957190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Competitors from 72 nations and territories will be vying for medals in 19 sports over a jam-packed 11 days in the English Midlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"pakistani-athletes-reach-birmingham\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistani athletes reach Birmingham\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pakistani contingent for the games comprises 103 athletes, coaching staff and officials. As many as 68 Pakistani athletes will be in action in 12 different sports in these games, 27 of them are female athletes, including 15 players in the women\u2019s cricket team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the games in which athletes will be taking part are hockey (men), women\u2019s T20 cricket, swimming, athletics, badminton, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, juddo, squash, gymnastics and table tennis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News Malala Yousafzai represents Pakistan during opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games. 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