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Special Olympics International Announces Celebrity Ambassadors Lending Support to the Special Olympics Unified Cup Detroit 2022
Event from July 31 – August 6 will showcase the world’s most inclusive sports competition
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Special Olympics Michigan Holds Live Draw Ceremony for Special Olympics Unified Cup Detroit 2022
Event from July 31 – August 6 will showcase the world’s most inclusive sports competition
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Special Olympics Chile Wins Big in First-Ever Unified eSports Tournament Held in Latin America
For the first time ever in Latin America, gamers with intellectual disabilities played alongside influencers, athletes and professional gamers in a Unified eSports tournament held on 30 July 2020 as a fundraiser for Special Olympics Chile. The teams competed in two FIFA 20 matches and attracted media, sponsor and influencer attention.
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From Teammate to Official
How a Love of Football Helps Hassam Set Goals and Accomplish Them
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Special Olympics Selects Kazan, Russia to Host Landmark World Winter Games in 2022
Kazan, Russia will host the Special Olympics World Winter Games in 2022 with a key aim of transforming the lives and prospects of people with intellectual disabilities across Russia.
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Leaders with a Difference
My life has come full circle. So many of the challenges I used to have, I have overcome.
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“I’m Not Afraid to Play!”
Kimberley and Rachel, aged 16, are the only two girls on their football squad of ten. They represent a new generation of girls with intellectual disabilities determined to spread their passion for football far and wide!
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“I want to be part of the movement for women’s football”
Suzanne van den Einden-Brok from The Netherlands is both a Special Olympics Athlete Leader and a dedicated footballer. Now she’s combining her talents on a mission open up the beautiful game to ALL women and girls!
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Picture Perfect Pitches
The month of June is an amazing time for Special Olympics footballers and football fans all across the globe.
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Flagship European Football Week event kicks off in Tilburg, the Netherlands
Football fields all across Europe are coming alive with activity this summer, as women and girls with and without intellectual disabilities claim their rightful place on the pitch.
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