FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The players race across the pitch on crutches, jostling for the soccer ball and passing it back and forth, their prosthetic legs lined up along the sidelines at a stadium ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - January’s ice storm put a few things on hold, but Saturday was a perfect day to re-schedule the Pacific Northwest Amputee Soccer Clinic. The free amputee and limb different ...

Soccer is a sport enjoyed around the world, but a new accessible version is growing. Amputee soccer follows many of the same rules as the original, but with a few differences. The field is smaller, ...

Polish and American amputee soccer players, shown here in a provided photo, compete at the Polish Amputee Soccer Cup in Warsaw, Poland, on Sept. 19, 2023. Amputee soccer originated in Seattle in the ...

While the government in Sierra Leone doesn’t collect data on amputees, the United Nations estimates there are about 500,000 disabled people in the country. Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo’s other end, ...