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The Unified Football Cup, hosted by Special Olympics Jamaica on 4 November, brought together 300 athletes with and without intellectual disabilities.

Tom Golisano was honored for his contributions to global health, specifically through Special Olympics, in a Golisano Archives exhibit.

Special Olympics athletes met Pope Francis during an official 2017 audience at The Vatican.

In 2018 we will experience the passion of football with the Special Olympics II Central American and Caribbean Unified Football Tournament. From June 1 to 10, 2018, Guatemala City will welcome around 200 Special Olympics athletes with and without intellectual disabilities from 12 countries. This second version will be developed under Special Olympics Unified Sports, a program that joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It will follow the Gold Cup format of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

Eunice Kennedy Shriver will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for her work and the creation of Special Olympics.

The Special Olympics International Board of Directors has elected a new member, Maria Gabriela Sigala, a leading philanthropist in Venezuela and former First Lady of Carabobo, Venezuela.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver dedicated her life to championing the rights and acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities.

The three-year international partnership will expand Special Olympics Young Athletes across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Government of the Republic of Panama and Special Olympics Latin America held a forum on “Inclusive Strategies for Equity.”

The 2017 closing ceremony in Austria also marked the start of the countdown to Abu Dhabi becoming the first Middle East host.

Honorees were announced at Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria.

More than 2,600 athletes took the Special Olympics oath promising, “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.”