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East Asia Fills the Fields during Football Week
26 June 2008

UNICEF-Special Olympics conference brings together NGOs to discuss disability issues
24 June 2008

Limpopo Team Selected to Represent Special Olympics South Africa at 2009 World Winter Games
24 June 2008

Special Olympics Uzbekistan hosts first Central Asian gymnastics competition in Tashkent
24 June 2008

Special Olympics basketball players experience great basketball and warm hospitality in Turkey
19 June 2008

Long-time Special Olympics Supporter Susan Saint James Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
16 June 2008

Special Olympics South Africa Partners with the PGA and Golf Clubs to Expand Opportunities for Athletes
16 June 2008

Vote for MJ McColgan
6 June 2008

Special Olympics Athlete is an Inspiration on "So You Think You Can Dance"
30 May 2008

Over 500 Compete in Special Olympics European Football Cup
30 May 2008

Reports from 2008 European Football Week
30 May 2008

Staying the Course
15 May 2008

Volunteer Technical Delegates needed for 2011 Special Olympics World Games
07 May 2008

Eighth Special Olympics European Football Week Focuses on Community-based Initiatives
30 April 2008

Special Olympics Salutes Quincy Jones on his 75th Birthday
24 April 2008

Special Olympics Athletes Climb Mt. Kinabalu
24 April 2008

Nadia Comaneci, Special Olympics Athlete Star in new Romanian PSA
22 April 2008

Special Olympics Welcomes Sarah Brown, Spouse of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
17 April 2008

NBA Great Sam Perkins Launches Special Olympics Senegal Basketball
17 April 2008

Special Olympics Athletes Carry the Olympic Torch
14 April 2008

Special Olympics Athlete Carries Olympic Torch
7 April 2008

Turkmenistan: Looking Forward to Hosting International Events
1 April 2008

Special Olympics Welcomes Eunice Kennedy Shriver Fellows
28 March 2008

Officers in Iraq Hold Torch Run to Benefit Special Olympics Hawaii
24 March 2008

Special Olympics Israel Teams Up with McDonald's Israel—They're Lovin' It
24 March 2008

Special Olympics announces launch of new global football initiative
17 March 2008

Special Olympics Athletes Meet with Members of U.S. Congress to Gain Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities
14 March 2008

UNICEF and Special Olympics Bring Families Together in Cambodia
13 March 2008

Idaho Proves Ready for 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games
5 March 2008

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Renamed for Special Olympics Founder
3 March 2008

Athens to Host the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games
20 February 2008

Special Olympics Uzbekistan and UNICEF continue cooperation in schools
15 February 2008

Special Olympics Athlete Named to Gymnastics Hall of Fame
4 February 2008

Special Olympics and UNICEF Launch Cambodian Global Partnership at National Soccer Tournament
14 January 2008

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