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The beginnings of Amputee football can be traced to Europe in the early 1900s. [1] The game which is played today, was created by Don Bennett, who was inspired from his accidental kick of a basketball on crutches in 1982. [2] In 1984 the first international amputee football tournament was held in Seattle. [2]
The World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) is the sport governing body responsible for the administration of amputee football associations worldwide. It is responsible for the organization of the Men and Women's Amputee World Cup .
The Amputee Football World Cup, or Amputee Football World Championships (from 1984 to 2003) is a world championship in amputee football that takes place every four years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History
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Team Zaryen is a Haitian Amputee soccer team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Zaryen is the Creole word for Tarantula. The players give two answers when asked why the tarantula was chosen to represent the soccer team. First because when a tarantula attacks, it pursues its enemy slowly and is deadly with just one bite.
A Houston gym is delivering the space for our national soccer team to train, but this isn't your normal soccer team. Find out exactly what amputee soccer is all about.
Then Binyamin learned about a chance to be “normal” again: Israel's national amputee soccer team. The team, which includes two Israeli soldiers who lost limbs fighting in the war with Hamas, has offered all three a chance to heal from life-altering wounds suffered during the Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s ensuing war in Gaza. It heads to ...
A Venezuelan amputee braved a 23-day journey across seven countries, including a deadly jungle, to reach the U.S., where he has since joined a soccer league for amputees.