Is ‘dwarf’ the correct term now? Or is it ‘little person’? ‘Height challenged’? ‘Tallness impaired’? Etc…

Just because they’re small doesn’t mean they lack a sense of irony - this Brazilian football side are named the Giants of the North. The world’s first all-dwarf side play with full sized goals, and managed to lose 5-2 to an under-13 side on Sunday. When your keeper is 4ft 7in and your central defenders stand as high as Peter Crouch’s knee, this isn’t a terrible result.

The team, whose smallest player is 3ft 7in, was put together to combat the second biggest