Blind football players are more prone to these injuries than others


The blind players use a special football fitted with ball bearings that rattles as it moves, enabling them to track the movement of the ball during the game. — Photos: AZMAN GHANI/The Star

How does a blind person play football? (And no, this is not a trick question.)

One DIY (do it yourself) solution, as shared by national blind football player Mohammad Azwan Azhar, is by tying a regular football into a plastic bag.

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