PHILADELPHIA -- Goalball, a sport that most people have never heard of, was created specifically for athletes with visual impairment. "It was developed after World War 2," says goalball Paralympian ...

Reporting from BERKELEY — The athletes wear plastic black-out goggles and throw or block a ball filled with bells. Just outside the boundaries of the playing court in UC Berkeley’s recreational gym, ...

On the court, he doesn’t so much walk as swagger. Every move is fluid yet purposeful, with the natural athlete’s melding of grace and physicality. A strapping 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, he looms as he ...

WEBVTT ♪JOSHUA: THE SOUND OF SILENCEISN'T COMMON FOR MOST SPECTATORSPORTS, BUT HERE, IT'S ANECESSICITY.THIS IS GOAL-BALL, A FAST-PACEDTEAM SPORT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLYFOR BLIND ATHLETES OF ALL AGES.>> ...

The very first athletes to play goalball were veterans who lost their sight fighting in World War II. Today, the game is played all over the world, including on a court inside the rec center at ...

The players wear eye patches. At either end of a nearly silent indoor basketball court in Seattle, they crouch on hands and knees like people crawling around in the dark — which in a real sense, they ...

I settled back on my couch one Sunday afternoon recently to watch some of the best athletes in the world ply their craft. I didn’t watch a football or baseball game, although I have watched or covered ...

Goalball is the premiere team sport for blind and visually impaired people worldwide.Photo Gallery You wouldn’t think of a blind person who kicked your butt in sports competition primarily as blind.

In short: Australia's men's blind football team and women's goalball team have missed out on qualification for Paris 2024. Coaches say a lack of financial support is a significant hurdle, but a fresh ...