Rio Grande do Sul's Deaf handball team plays a friendly against UFSM's men's squad ahead of Brazil's national Deaf championship

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On Saturday, October 24, UFSM's men's handball team HandUFSM/ASH played a friendly against part of the Rio Grande do Sul state Deaf handball team at the university in Santa Maria, Brazil. Fábio Vivian, who runs handball for the state Deaf sports federation and plays on the team, organized the game as preparation for the national competition in Brasília on November 28-29. In Deaf handball, referees signal fouls with flags and visual signs instead of whistles, and hearing aids and cochlear implants are not allowed on court.

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