Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Special Olympics

India ends Special Olympics World Winter Games campaign with 33 medals

India's medal tally included 8 gold, 18 silver, and 7 bronze medals. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Special Olympics athlete targets world record as she takes on 100-mile cycle through London and Essex

Hannah Kemp hopes to become the youngest woman with an intellectual impairment to cycle 100 miles in the Ford RideLondon-Essex 100

Evening Standard

Special Olympics Maine Founder Accused Of Decades-Long Sexual Abuse

Allegations of sexual abuse against Special Olympics Maine founder highlight the importance of protecting vulnerable individuals.

Top News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

What every Jaguars player, coach is wearing on My Cause My Cleats week

Jaguars players will be supporting causes near and dear to their heart Monday as part of My Cause My Cleats week.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Picture Chicago: This week’s 15 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

A tornado blew through the Chicago area, anti-violence activists held a die-in protest in Daley Plaza, and the Windy City Smokeout kicked off outside the United Center.

Chicago Sun-Times

Special Olympics campers try new sports at Northerly Island

Campers from three city parks got to try archery, kayaking and fishing. The Chicago Park District hosts the campers every Tuesday for six weeks during summer.

Chicago Sun-Times

Israeli Athletes With Disabilities Shine At 2023 Special Olympics, Bringing Home Record-breaking Medal Haul

Israel's team of 34 athletes with intellectual disabilities achieve unprecedented success at the Special Olympics in Berlin

Zenger

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Special Olympics | How silver-medal winning swimmer Dinesh Shanmugam found his calling

Dinesh Kumar Shanmugam from Chennai won a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke Level A event with a timing of 46.59 seconds at the Special Olympics World Summer Games

The Hindu

Chiefs HC Andy Reid poses with Lombardi Trophy at Missouri Special Olympics event

#Chiefs HC Andy Reid posed with Special Olympics athletes and the Lombardi Trophy at a fundraising event this past week.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Family of Ballyfermot man 'so proud' as he prepares to fly out to Special Olympics in Berlin

Keith Doyle, 39, is a member of Ireland's tenpin bowling squad and he's playing the sport 20 years

Dublin Live

TCU fans graciously paid it forward, donating over $23,000 to Indiana’s Special Olympics

The Special Olympics helped move a Super Regional from Terre Haute to Fort Worth. TCU fans showed their gratitude with donations.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Golf program driving inclusion, delivering health benefits for people living with disability

Attending Queensland's largest inclusive golfing program is the highlight of Bailey's week. It's also where he gets to see his best friend Cam, and build new skills and confidence.

ABC News

Finding place to practice is another challenge for Kentucky Special Olympics teams

A Lexington Special Olympics track team looking for a place to practice with days left to register for next month’s regionals found it. Mark Buerger, the communications director for Special Olympics Kentucky, said it’s often difficult for teams to find a place where they can train.

WEKU

DeSantis v NHL: Florida governor taps unlikely foe in ‘anti-woke’ crusade

What does the Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful look to gain from attacking North America’s whitest sports league as ‘woke’?

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: A cowardly NHL bows down to a bullying DeSantis

Most children, probably by the age of 10, have learned the lesson that the worst way to placate bullies is to give them what they want.

Belfast Live

St James Swifts Football For All launch new Special Olympics club

St James Swifts FFA team currently play in the IFA leagues and are set to join the Special Olympics programme this year

Chicago Sun-Times

Basic income pilot faces overwhelming demand, Lightfoot’s big campaign war chest and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

ABC News

Concerns 'the next national stars' are being shut out of sporting clubs due to a lack of inclusivity for athletes with autism

Parents and advocates are calling for greater inclusivity in sporting clubs across Australia as aspiring athletes living with autism and disability describe being shut out or "put in a box" by sporting clubs.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

75,000 rubber ducks make a splash in Chicago River for this year’s ducky derby

Special Olympics Illinois raised more than $450,000 for their programs.

Tribune News Service

Gavin Newsom reveals the motivation behind his Florida ad targeting Ron DeSantis

WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron De Santis have been trolling each other recently on the pandemic, abortion, LGBTQ rights and more.

Orlando Sentinel

Experts fear for safety of missing Special Olympics Haiti delegation members

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s been over a week since six delegates of the unified Haitian Special Olympics soccer team were reported missing in Osceola County and experts say cause for concern about their safety will only grow the longer the investigation drags on.

Orlando Sentinel

Another missing person case linked to Haitian Special Olympics delegation

ORLANDO, Fla. — Another person with ties to the Haitian delegation to the Special Olympics has been reported missing, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, bringing the number of disappearances to seven.

Tribune News Service

Feds withhold $1.2M as Florida refuses to enforce COVID vaccine rule for health care workers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— As Gov. Ron DeSantis fights COVID-19 vaccination passports and mandates — most recently by threatening the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine — there’s one mandate he can’t stop.

Daily Mirror

Jack Grealish teams up with Special Olympics GB in new role "close to my heart"

Grealish has been announced as a principal Ambassador for Special Olympics GB to help raise awareness of the support and opportunities the organisation provides to those with intellectual disabilities

Miami Herald

5 Haiti soccer players and their coach vanished from Special Olympics in Florida

MIAMI — They turned in their room keys and left behind their suitcases and other personal belongings. Why five Haitian soccer players and their coach decided to vanish while participating in the 2022 Special Olympics Games in Orlando remains a puzzling mystery.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the American Cancer Society

Everytown For Gun Safety

41 stories

Special Olympics

36 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.