Players stay on their hands and knees to defend their net and score against their opponents. A goalball court measures 18 metres long and nine metres wide. It has goals at each end covering the entire ...

Keith Young, the US men’s goalball head coach, viewed the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics as a stepping stone for the sport. Even without fans in the stands, television coverage brought new eyes to the ...

The complete goalball schedule, including TV listings, is also available on the NBC Olympics schedule page. All live streams are also available to watch on mobile, tablet and connected TV devices via ...

Goalball events will take place between Thursday, August 29 and Thursday, September 5 in Paris. A men’s and a women’s competition will be held with eight teams in each. Goalball athletes are visually ...

Goalball is played exclusively by athletes with vision impairments, using a ball with bells inside. Two teams of three face off on an indoor court with tactile lines and goals at either end. Because ...

IOC Young Leader Isaiah Kioiloglou is using goalball to promote social change through her project, the "Cycle of Femmability," which supports women with disabilities. She highlights its benefits ...

IOC Young Leader Isaiah Kioiloglou is using goalball to promote social change through her project, the "Cycle of Femmability," which supports women with disabilities. She highlights its benefits ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The U.S. teams competing in the goalball competition at the Paralympics have strong ties to Western Michigan University. In all, four graduates and a former instructor are in in Rio ...

The Paralympics generally do not receive as much ... While some sports are limited to one impairment, such as goalball for athletes with vision impairments, other sports like para swimming and ...

Goalball players, who range from being visually impaired to completely blind, wear blindfolds so they are competing on equal terms. They locate the goal by markings on the field and the ball by ...

Different to most Paralympic sports, competitive goalball is played only by those who have a visual impairment. To ensure that all players are equal, the game requires competitors to wear blackout ...