The rules set by the international federation of association football are modified to suit the.

Paralympic sports football. Governed by the international blind sports federation (ibsa), blind football featured at the paralympics for the first time at athens 2004. Played by blind and partially sighted athletes. It is played between two teams with four players who are blind, as well as one sighted or visually impaired.

Here are just some of the sports and events that has previously been part of the paralympic games. Paralympic games on the bbc venue: Blind football headlines tokyo 2020.

There are currently 28 paralympic sports sanctioned by the ipc: You might have seen in the recent. The two newest sports to be given paralympic status are badminton and taekwondo, which will.

Follow on radio 5 live and on the bbc sport website find. There are five players in each team including the goal keeper. As of 2020, the summer paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and.

Blind football has been a paralympic sport since the athens 2004 paralympic games. Below is a list of summer paralympic sports that athletes with cerebral palsy compete in: It featured at the paralympics for the first time at athens.

22 summer and six winter. This sport is open to para athletes with a visual impairment. Brazil have won gold at every.