PARIS — Something changes when U.S. Paralympian Tyler Merren puts on his eyeshades. Merren, a 20-year member of the American Paralympic goalball squad, is blind. He walks with a cane and reads ...

Goalball athletes are visually impaired, and must have less than 10% visual acuity remaining or a visual field restricted to 40 degrees diameter. In order to ensure an even playing field, athletes ...

Players must wear opaque eyeshades at all times ensuring fair competition ... Players stay on their hands and knees to defend their net and score against their opponents. A goalball court measures 18 ...

Players must wear opaque eyeshades at all times ensuring fair competition ... Players stay on their hands and knees to defend their net and score against their opponents. A goalball court measures 18 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Goalball, which debuted in 1976, sees teams made up of six players compete, but with only three on the court at any one time.