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The project, funded by Thierry Henry’s One4All Foundation, has had 71 schools and over 4,200 pupils participate.

As floorball’s popularity grows in our movement across the globe, Dublin played host to a unique Special Olympics coaching seminar.

In Cacak, Serbia the inclusive youth activation committee (YAC) invited hometown heroes who had won the recent Special Olympics European Unified Volleyball tournament in Poland to participate in a come-and-try Unified Volleyball session at a local sports hall. “We thought that the experienced Unified players could inspire current and new Unified Volleyball players to join Special Olympics,” said Nikola Jovicic, (19) one of the four YAC members. “On the volleyball court playing together as equals is where we learn to respect each other," he said. Approximately 50 youth from the local special and mainstream school took part in the event. The YAC, comprised of four youth with and without intellectual disabilities, is one of 10 established in 10 cities in Serbia in a two-year USAID-supported project that aims to foster understanding and inclusion among youth. Using inclusive sports as a platform, youth are given opportunities to learn about and participate in leadership and advocacy.

Special Olympics Albania joined the European Week of Sport for the first time with a fun day held in September 2017.

Special Olympics brought together 40 children for an inclusive Young Athletes event on 29 September 2017 in Pristina.

With the help of Special Olympics Poland, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia hosted the European Unified Volleyball Tournament.

It was a memorable day when the football club showed up to their match against FC Beitar Jerusalem wearing Special Olympics T-shirts.

Special Olympics Northern California made history when it held the run, which took place inside the California Correctional System.

More than 40,000 athletes with and without intellectual disabilities participated in 2017. Look back at some of the highlights.

Visitors all the way from Shanghai came to Helsinki, Finland to learn about the sport of floorball.

The Special Olympics Spain athlete proved to be one of the stars at Montanyá Golf Club.

Special Olympics Hellas in Greece is celebrating a fantastic accomplishment!