BLIND FOOTBALL NEWS
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Paris 2024 blind football groups decided
The official ball for Paris 2024 was also unveiled during the draw on 25 May
![Scorer Nonato is mobbed by team-mates after his goal clinched gold](/sites/default/files/2021-09/1806185.jpg)
Watch live: Paris 2024 Paralympics blind football draw
Brazil, Argentina, Morocco, France, China, Japan, Colombia and Turkiye will be drawn in two groups of four for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Paris 2024: Ones to watch in blind football
The seven blind football athletes you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France this summer
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Paris 2024: Tough training gives Babacar Niang his football focus
France’s blind football captain in peak condition for medal hopes at home Paralympic Games
![Raimundo 'Nonato' Mendes, a male blind football player from Brazil, celebrates after scoring a goal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Blind%20football%20-%20Raimundo%20Nonato%20Mendes.jpg)
Paris 2024: Raimundo ‘Nonato’ Mendes turns passion into Paralympic titles
Brazil’s guitar-playing, worldie-scoring blind football star Nonato is aiming for a fourth gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games. He reflects on turning his passion into Paralympic titles
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Paris 2024: Zouhair Snisla’s meteoric rise in blind football
The breakout star of the Moroccan blind football team talks training, Tokyo 2020 and his plans for Paris as we count down to the next Paralympic Games.
![three blind footballers fight for the ball](/sites/default/files/2024-03/France%20v%20Brazil%20Tokyo%202020%20-2.jpg)
Paris 2024: Introduction to blind football
All you need to know about the sport, which has featured at the Paralympics since 2004
![Three female players wearing eyeshades compete in goalball](/sites/default/files/2024-01/00%20Turkey%20goalball%20Tokyo%202020.jpg)
Road to Paris 2024: Get the latest on the qualification for the Paralympics
Get to know the major qualification events coming up and follow athletes on their journeys to the Games
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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.
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Paris 2024 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
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Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history, says IPC President
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone
![A man in a suit with a vision impairment speaks at a podium on a stage.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Dave%20Clarke%20speech.jpg)
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
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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
![A blind football player in a blue jersey competes for the ball against a player in a white jersey at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Japan%20blind%20football.jpg)
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
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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
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Team bond and common playlist lead German 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
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from football 5-a-side
Talking points following Brazil’s fifth Paralympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020
![Brazilian football 5-a-side player Jardiel Vieira Soares celebrates his first Paralympic goal against France](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Jardiel3.jpg)
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
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Brazil clinch fifth football 5-a-side Paralympic title
Morocco also make history with bronze thanks to four goals by Zouhair Snisla