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Amputee football is a disabled sport played with seven players on each team (six outfield players and one goalkeeper). Outfield players have lower extremity amputations, and goalkeepers have an upper extremity amputation.
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 male and female teams were organized by amputees in August 2010 at Hospital Bernard Mevs. A majority of the players lost limbs during the 2010 earthquake.To date Team Zaryen is composed of male and female amputees who are looking to soccer as a way to show the world that disability does not crush the human spirit.
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
Members of the FC Shakhtar Donetsk soccer team for amputee veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war take part in a training session in Kyiv. Soccer is helping Ukrainian war veterans cope with the ...
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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 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. Houston hosts US National ...