Teenager raising funds after being selected for GB football team at Deaflympics

Teenager raising funds after being selected for GB football team at Deaflympics

Sophie Mernagh, 16, was diagnosed with "Cookie bite" hearing loss, also known as mid-frequency sensorineural hearing loss, at the age of five but has loved football all her life.

[The Challenge of Deaf Athletes Tokyo 2025] (1) Volleyball player Shigenobu Masaya (25) from Tomigusuku (above) The Deaflympics, an international sports festival for deaf (deaf and hard of hearing) athletes held every four years, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in Tokyo in November. This will be the first time the event has been held in Japan since it began in France in 1924.