Swiss national team goalkeepers don 'performance enhancing' shades in training

By James Kilpatrick
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Here come the Men in Black? No, just Swiss goalkeepers Yann Sommer and Marwin Hitz...

On a grey day in Lausanne, the Monchengladbach and Augsburg No.1s conducted their normal training drills wearing dark strobe glasses ahead of Switzerland's clash with Latvia on Saturday.

Why? The glasses are designed by a Japanese company called VisionUp, who claim the glass can stop your eyesight from deteriorating with age and improve sporting performance.

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James Kilpatrick