Unified Gladiators win gold at Unified Soccer World Cup

Namibia’s Unified Gladiators excelled by winning the gold medal in the Women’s Division 2 category at the Special Olympics Unified Soccer World Cup in Paris over the weekend.

In a close final against Egypt on Saturday, the teams were tied 0-0 at the end of normal time to send the match into penalties, with Namibia emerging victorious after a 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory.

Earlier, during the group stages of the competition, Namibia beat Azerbaijan 5-0, but lost 1-0 to Guatemala and drew 1-1 to the United States.