Blind Soccer

Amazing and of course Brasil dominates.

From Wired...

In blind soccer, there are five on each side [and the field is smaller]. The goalie can be sighted or visually impaired and must stay in his designated goalie box. His teammates, meanwhile, wear eye shields so as to take away any competitive advantage from those players that may have limited vision over those who have no sight whatsoever.

The players can call each other either by name or by shouting “Yeah!” And when you’re approaching to engage another player to steal the ball, you must shout “Voy!” – Spanish for I’m here! That means that you’ve got to discern the voice of your teammates – since everyone on the pitch is yelling “Yeah!” – and have a sense of where you are with the ball (which contains ball bearings, to help with tactility on the foot) in relation to the goal.

This is the fifth time that the World Blind Soccer Championship has been held. Brazil has now won three of the tournaments.