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Hard to hear: losing the sport you loved

Hard to hear: losing the sport you loved

by Jake Heasman | May 26, 2026 | The Mind Game, Top Story

For Ana Cauchi, football was everything. But balancing elite sport with the pressures of deafness, discrimination and isolation slowly changed her relationship with the game she loved. This is the story of how one England player lost her place in football, and is...

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