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"Carlos is a Special Olympics athlete and captain of the soccer team for Special Olympics Ecuador. He has an intellectual disability that makes some parts of his life difficult. But through Special Olympics he has been able to find a job, support his family, play soccer and develop lasting relationships with his teammates. Carlos and his teammates ...

Chelsea Striker and Ivorian star Didier Drogba has agreed to join an 11-member Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a representative of his country's diaspora,  says the president of the Ivorian commission former prime minister Charles Konan Banny. "I just met President Ouattara and we talk about the start of our work," Banny told ...

Vanguard Documentary :: "Soccer's Lost Boys" In 2010 as South Africa prepared to host the World Cup, the focus was on many of the continent’s brightest stars in soccer, including Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Inter Milan’s Samuel Eto’o. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller explores the dark side to the sport’s global popularity, what has been ...

Special Olympics Haiti, full length from Shannon Sanders on Vimeo. Found this cool piece surfing around on Vimeo... "This is the Special Olympics Haiti soccer team in Port-au-Prince. Many of them were deeply affected by the January 2010 earthquake, losing their homes and loved ones. Recovery is a constant struggle, but this team continues to move ...

“Play for Light” represents the slogan for the upcoming small-sided football tournament taking place on Friday, August 19. Creative concept where Nike is using recycled energy that is saved up from the daily use through treadmills and stationary bicycles, being used to power electrical generators  and switching on the lights for this twilight ...

In preparation for the 2011 Homeless World Cup, Vancouver Whitecaps Jeb Brovsky, Shea Salinas, Bilal Duckett and Jonathan Leathers (no twitter) paid a visit to the men and women representing Team Canada in Paris. Vancouver Whitecaps :: Homeless World Cup 2011

CFK: Young Women and Soccer in Kibera from David Hambridge on Vimeo. We love seeing stuff like this here at BP_TOW ... Its bigger than just a game Carolina for Kibera exists to develop local leaders, catalyze positive change and alleviate poverty in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Carolina for Kibera :: facebook :: twitter

Colombian singer Shakira, her boyfriend, Spanish footballer Gerard Pique, and his teammates Carles Puyol and Sergio Busquets presented an agreement between the FC Barcelona Foundation and Pies Descalzos to open a centre for children in need in Miami.