String is taped to the markings on the court to allow players to feel the lines and orientate themselves. Goalball made its Paralympic debut in Toronto, Canada, in 1976, with the women’s event being ...

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 ...

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 ...

Israel’s goalball players wore yellow ribbons during their semifinal match, as a sign of solidarity with the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Israel’s women’s goalball team won silver at the ...

Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

At the same time, within a year of starting the sport, Lisa earned a spot as an alternate on the women’s goalball team for the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta. In 1998, she was selected to the ...

Portugal’s Alexandre Almeida has been elected as the athletes' representative on the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Sports Committee and to the International Paralympic ...

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 ...

The silver medal is Israel’s first in goalball as well as its first Paralympic medal in a team sport since 1988. Several members of the goalball team wore yellow ribbons in their hair during the ...

A sports centre has made history by hosting the European Goalball Club Championships for the first time. The event, which sees some of Europe's best goalball teams compete, is taking place at Oundle ...