Historias del campo de juego

With the 107th Lions International Convention well under way in Orlando, Florida, now is the perfect moment to discover the depth and breadth of the powerful global partnership between Special Olympics and Lions Clubs International Foundation. From Opening Eyes in Kenya and Brazil and MATP in Great Britain to Unified Sports in Jamaica and Unified with Refugees in Spain, the combined energy of Lions, Leos and our athletes simply knows no bounds! You will be moved, you will be inspired and you will be ready to serve once you have experienced the power of Mission: Inclusion!

During the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, Christian Holleman sat down with three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines.

The Special Olympics Invitational Games—Road to Santiago 2027, is just around the corner and athletes, Unified partners (athletes without disability), coaches, family members, and friends from Latin America and around the world are preparing to head to the Chilean capital for the international competition.

The co-creation process for the official mascot of the Santiago 2027 Special Olympics World Games has kicked off.

Andrei Ungureanu, UPS Nordic Focus on Abilities BRG Chair, reflects on the joyful Special Olympics Sweden Invitational Games 2026 and the fun-filled UPS activation.

Behind every Special Olympics athlete who steps into the pool, onto the court, or up to the starting line, there's a coach who knows the sport and knows how to bring out the best in their athlete.

Athletes with intellectual disabilities will compete within an IJF world-level framework as part of Sarajevo’s World Judo Championships Veterans and Kata programme.

Veo recently featured a story showcasing how access to live-streamed matches helped supporters around the world stay connected to the Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup, held in Paris from 6 to 11 July.

More than 100 athletes took part in a landmark Motor Activity Training Program (MATP) demonstration in Malta last week.

With just over a year to go until the Special Olympics World Games Santiago 2027, Special Olympics is preparing the high-level team of Technical Delegates (TD) who will be deployed in Santiago across the Games’ 22 sports to uphold and maintain the organization’s high competition standards in order to have meaningful, competitive, and fair competition across all athletes competing.