BLIND FOOTBALL NEWS

Blind football and goalball teams book tickets to Paris 2024 at IBSA World Games
More than 1,000 athletes competed across 10 sports at the IBSA World Games, which took place between 18-27 August.

Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less

Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone

Record-breaking Paralympian Clarke appointed new Chief Executive of Paralympics GB
Clarke competed in blind football at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games and scored a record 128 goals in blind football across 144 appearances for the national team

Newly launched U.S. national blind football team dreaming big for LA 2028 Games
• Ten players were named to USA's first-ever national blind football team, which was formed in November 2022

Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Blind football league launched a year after Games
Players and officials pin high hopes on new league after Japan made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo

Two years until Paris 2024: 24 things to look forward to
Dynamic sports? Iconic venues? Unforgettable arts performances and initiatives to make society more inclusive? There is so much to look forward to as we count down two years until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Team bond and common playlist lead football prodigy Kuester to Euro title
The recipe for the German team's European title: trust, ambition to win, and a shared playlist
"Rage to win" high among French players after becoming European champions
One month after their victory at the European Championships, the French team is training hard to win a gold medal in two years on home soil

Takeaways from football 5-a-side
Talking points following Brazil’s fifth Paralympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020

Golden Paralympic debut for Brazil’s Jardiel Vieira Soares
The 25-year-old wingers’ successful Games exudes confidence in Brazil’s next generation of football 5-a-side wonderkids

Brazil clinch fifth football 5-a-side Paralympic title
Morocco also make history with bronze thanks to four goals by Zouhair Snisla

From the streets of Buenos Aires to gold medal match
'I was without a home for one year. I began sleeping in churches around the city, until I had enough money to find an apartment'

Football favourites Brazil can be beaten, says France coach Toussaint Akpweh
'Being a coach is like being a chef, you can put some different things in the pot, and at the end it’s either good or bad. Our situation is now good'

How Ricardinho’s life has changed since Rio gold
Brazil’s goal-scoring captain feared a fan on motorbike was a mugger

Morocco target first football 5-a-side Paralympic podium finish
Defender Imad Berka prepared to ‘work continually harder’ to help his team win its maiden Paralympic medal

Tokyo 2020 football 5-a-side groups decided
Four-time Paralympic champions Brazil lead group A while rival Argentina drawn separately

France plans football 5-a-side renaissance at Tokyo 2020
National team had to hit rock bottom first to build up and return to the Paralympics

Football 5-a-side ones to watch
With eight teams vying for the title, there will be plenty of talent on display at Tokyo 2020.
10 things to know about football 5-a-side
A relatively new addition to the Paralympics, the Para sport has grown into one of the most popular