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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer
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How sports can empower youth

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Tony Sanneh, retired professional soccer player and founder and CEO of The Sanneh Foundation, a nonprofit organization that aims to create positive social change through soccer, education and health, poses for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Monday, February 3, 2025.
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MPR News host Angela Davis talks with retired professional soccer player, Tony Sanneh, about the programs his foundation has developed to empower young people to become the best version of themselves. 

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MPR News host Angela Davis (right) talks with Tony Sanneh (left), retired professional soccer player and founder and CEO of The Sanneh Foundation, a nonprofit organization based that aims to create positive social change through soccer, education and health, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Monday, February 3.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

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  • Tony Sanneh is a retired professional soccer player and the founder and CEO of The Sanneh Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul that aims to create positive social change through soccer, education and health.

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