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 ...

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 ...

BBC say they will have an evening highlights show dedicated to the Paralympics most evenings. ParalympicsGB will take around 220 Paralympians to Paris, with blind football, goalball and sitting ...

Among the events are some that are included in the Olympics and others that are unique to the Paralympics, such as goalball, boccia and sitting volleyball. Each sport has subcategories ...

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 ...

The other Paralympic-only sport is goalball, played by athletes with visual impairments using a ball with bells inside. All players must also wear blackout eyeshades to ensure a level playing ...

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 ...