Shanghai Daily news

The first athletes competing in the 2006 Special Olympics Shanghai Invitational Games arrived in the city yesterday.
A group of 14 athletes and support staff from Pakistan arrived around 3:30pm at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, where they took part in a welcoming ceremony set up by organizers of the games.
Athletes from 19 countries and regions will take part in the event, which is a preliminary contest for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in the city.
The event, which starts tomorrow and runs through October 20, includes 25 sports such as soccer, tennis, and dragon boat racing. Competitions will be held at stadiums and other facilities around the city.
The event will have six official languages - Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, French and Arabic.
The Special Olympics are an international program involving year-round sports training and athletic competition for the intellectually challenged.