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Videos

Highlights: Opening Ceremony, Turin 2025 World Winter Games

Highlights: Opening Ceremony, Turin 2025 World Winter Games
Relive the best moments of the breathtaking Opening Ceremony for the Turin 2025 World Winter Games.
Athletes

Special Olympics Senegal Looks to Bounce Back After Jamaica Defeat

By Karini Viranna , July 08, 2026
A group of footballers in green uniforms joyfully celebrating on a soccer field, raising their arms and smiling after a victorious goal.
Team Senegal suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Jamaica in their second Unified Football World Cup Paris 2026 match after opening the tournament with a 6-0 victory over hosts France.
Press Releases

FanSided and Special Olympics Return to Super Bowl Media Row with Unified Reporting Team in Ongoing Commitment to Inclusion

Man standing behind a NFL podium speaking.
FanSided Hires Special Olympics Florida Athlete and Sportscaster, Malcom Harris-Gowdie as Unified Reporter for all Super Bowl Week and Big Game Coverage
In the News

Special Olympics Albania Show how to Stay Healthy at Home

By Silvia Cassina , May 12, 2020
Three athletes sitting on a platform working out.
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, athletes across the Europe Eurasia region have been looking for ways to keep active and stay connected to their communities.
In the News

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

Young athlete with Down syndrome playing basketball.
Practice Inclusion During Down Syndrome Month and All Year Long
In the News

European Football Week 2018

Footballers form the Special Olympics Italia team standing in a circle looking down at the camera and the camera shooting the photo looking up; the sky is in the background.
Supported by UEFA Respect, MetLife, national football federations and professional clubs, European Football Week (EFW) is a highlight in the Special Olympics calendar. From 19 to 27 May 2018, 45,000 participants across 50 countries took part in 450 events.
In the News

European Football Week 2019

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Between 25 May and 2 June 2019, 40,000 participants across 50 countries competed in 450 events.
In the News

'Keep Up With the Girls' on Football Pitches across Europe!

A cut-out photo of two female footballers high-fiving with colourful graphics in the background.
‘Keep Up With the Girls’ is a brand new European Union-supported project aimed at getting women and girls with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) involved in football.
Athletes

‘Anything is possible’: Jamaican athlete touches hearts at Special Olympics World Games

By Denis Schiopu, AIPS Young Reporter Romania, March 27, 2019
young man in a yellow tank top and black shorts sitting in a wheel chair showing off the medal around his neck.
He kneels down, resting his hands on the ground in front of his body. He then slowly drags his feet towards his arms. He starts running, gnashing his teeth and using his arms to support himself.
Community Impact

Innovative Sports Partnership Creating Thousands of New Special Olympics Golfers

Man putting on a green in Berlin
In 2023, Topgolf and Special Olympics joined forces in a new global partnership with one driving ambition – to get more Special Olympics golfers playing the game.
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