The prestigious 2014 IBJJF World Judo Championships are here and MAKEACHAMP has helped fund more than 20 athletes. BJJ's popularity is soaring throughout the world and many athletes are starting to dedicate their lives to it. Unfortunately just like many amateur sports there isn't much funding available for the athletes. As a result more than 20 athletes set up MAKEACHAMP campaigns to try to get help from their friends, family, fans and the crowd. Check out the list of athletes here. 

Once you have your campaign running and you started getting contributions, it is important to express gratitude to contributors publicly. However, many athletes with Facebook Pages are not able to reach their audience as well as they can with the individual Facebook profiles. The reasons for this is that Facebook does not allow pages to tag individual profiles. The result is that public thank you's on Facebook pages go unnoticed - this can have a negative effect on the reach of your campaign. Below we've outlined steps that you could take to actually increase the exposure you get on your...

Haley Daniels knows that the life of an athlete is a rewarding one but it is also a difficult one, requiring a lot of hard work and sacrifice. Haley and her female canoe teammates were fighting to include their sport into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. Recently they succeeded, however, while they are in the process Haley's dreams cannot be stopped. She is heading full force towards the Olympic games but she couldn't do it all by herself.

Everyone, meet Kelsey Andries - a Muay Thai fighter from Alberta, Canada, and recently, the World Muay Thai Champion. She was chosen to represent Canada in the 67kg weight division at the IFMA World Muay Thai Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia May 1-10, 2014. Muay Thai has been more than a sport in Kelsey's life - it was her winning weapon against eating and anxiety disorders. She decided to dedicate her life to the sport and becoming the World Champion.