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How blind football is helping women overcome barriers in Mexico

Next month, Mexico is sending its first blind women's football team to compete in an international tournament. Players say they cannot wait. Mexico City, Mexico – Paulina “Pau” Hernandez carefully folds her white cane into her backpack. Moments later, she pulls out a solid-black eye mask and slides it over her face, tightening the straps to shut out the light. Around her, other members of the Chilangas FC football team do the same.

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Scoop News DeskMexico · Published Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTCUpdated Monday, August 17, 2026 at 7:55 AM UTC

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Those attitudes, according to Mora Garcia, help explain why women's blind football has developed more slowly than the men's game. "Sometimes the biggest barriers aren't physical," he said. "They're created by society and even by families. Blind football requires an enclosed space, where balls cannot escape beyond the limits of the field.

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