FILE PHOTO: Players of Norway and Scotland greet before their soccer match at the 12th Homeless World Cup soccer tournament in Santiago October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - As more than 500 soccer players gather in Mexico City next week for the 16th Homeless World Cup, the tournament will take place against the backdrop of the death last month of its co-founder Harald Schmied at the age of 50.
The Austrian, diagnosed two years ago with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), created the tournament with Mel Young almost 20 years ago to improve the lives of impoverished people through the beautiful game.
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