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Paris will celebrate the 2026 Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup

Paris will celebrate the 2026 Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup
We’re proud to announce that Paris, France will host the 2026 Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup! This incredible global event will unite 324 athletes, 48 coaches, 500 families, and 500 volunteers from all seven Special Olympics regions. In partnership with the French Government, the City of Paris, the French Football Federation, and Paris FC, we’re setting the stage for an unforgettable competition where athletes will showcase their skills, teamwork, and spirit to claim the title of Unified Football World Cup Champions! ⚽🌍
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Meet the Heroes Video Series: For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Told “No”

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Everyone needs a hero. Someone they look up to and strive to be like. A person who defies all odds and is courageous in the attempt as they transcend obstacles in their way.
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Meet the Heroes Video Series: For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Told “No”

Young woman smiling outside in the snow. text reads: Madison: Alpine Skiing
Everyone needs a hero. Someone they look up to and strive to be like. A person who defies all odds and is courageous in the attempt as they transcend obstacles in their way. To many, a hero is someone they know—someone who demonstrates, every day, what it takes to live in a way that transforms others. The Special Olympics Meet the Heroes video series features Special Olympics athletes who are exactly that: heroes within their sport and community, who have become heroes to the global inclusive movement.
Programs

Niger

Athletes playing basketball on a court.
Special Olympics Niger provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
Programs

Niger

Athletes playing basketball on a court.
Special Olympics Niger provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
Programs

Niger

Athletes playing basketball on a court.
Special Olympics Niger provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
Volunteer

Become a Unified Partner

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Unified Partners are people without intellectual disabilities who train, compete, learn, and lead alongside athletes with intellectual disabilities.

Become Event Staff

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Every Special Olympics event is powered by volunteers working behind the scenes to make sure athletes can do what they came to do, showcase their abilities. Volunteer Event Staff are the steady force that brings competitions to life by creating a safe, organized, and welcoming environment where inclusion is visible in action.
Community Impact

Alumni Leadership Network Spotlight: Christa White

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Christa has spent her career helping people see what’s possible, not just for organizations, but for themselves.
Community Impact

Polar Plunge® for Special Olympics

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Every year brave souls line up to take an icy plunge, the Polar Plunge! The Polar Plunge—sometimes held in conjunction with the Law Enforcement Torch Run— is a huge fundraising effort benefiting Special Olympics and the athletes.
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