Greece 14-year-old refugee from Syria dreams of Paralympics In Syria, a bomb attack left Najib Alhaj Ali paralysed. He fled with his family across the Mediterranean to Greece, where para sports gave him hope for a better life. 25/12/2017
Greece Greek paralympian scheme gives new hope to refugee children A scheme to help disabled refugee children resume their lives though sport is taking off in Greece. 04/10/2017
Sport Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei killed in training accident A Paralympic javelin thrower has died after a training accident. Abdullah Hayayei was killed while training in London. He was preparing for the 12/07/2017
Russia More than 1000 Russian athletes benefited from state-sponsored doping - report More than 1000 athletes, including Olympic medalists, are implicated in the McLaren report on Russian state-sponsored doping. 09/12/2016
Brazil Rio Paralympic Games end in Brazilian style After 11 days showcasing 23 different sports, the 2016 Paralympics have ended in Rio with a colourful closing ceremony. 19/09/2016
Iran Iranian cyclist killed in Paralympics road race An Iranian cyclist has died following a crash during the Paralympics. Bahman Golbarnezhad, who was 48, was competing in the C4-5 road race when he 18/09/2016
Brazil The Paralympics: all you need to know The 2016 Rio Paralympic Games are the 15th edition of the competition The Games first took to the world stage in Rome in 1960, a week after the regular summer Olympics ended in the… 08/09/2016
Brazil Belarus Paralympic official banned from Rio Games for Russian flag gesture Andrei Fomochkin has been banned from the Rio Paralympic Games after waving a Russian flag at the opening ceremony. 08/09/2016
Brazil Let the Games begin! Paralympics start with spectacular opening ceremony The Paralympic Games have begun in Rio, with a breathtaking opening ceremony. 08/09/2016
world news Paralympic Games kick off in Rio, amid funding crisis and cheating claims Almost everything has been scaled back, from venues to seating and staffing, after the organising committee ran out of money. 07/09/2016
Sport A bomb claimed his leg, but it won't stop him reaching Rio Syrian refugee Ibrahim Al Hussein has been named as one of the two members of the Paralympic Refugee Team that will head to Rio de Janeiro hunting a gold medal. 31/08/2016
Sport Rio 2016: Russia Paralympics ban confirmed Russia has lost its appeal against its ban from next month’s Rio Paralympics because of a state-sponsored doping programme. 23/08/2016
Brazil Rio Paralympic Games: charities hit out at funding shortfall Charities have hit out at the precarious state of the 2016 Paralympic Games, which is likely to take place under the shadow of a huge funding crisis 23/08/2016
Brazil Russia loses appeal against Paralympics ban Russia won’t take part in next month’s Rio Paralympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a ban imposed over the state-sponsored doping… 23/08/2016
Brazil Crisis for Rio organisers lacking funds for Paralympics RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Rio Olympic organisers could be facing a massive cash shortfall as fears increased on Monday funds designated for the 15/08/2016
Sport Russia's Paralympic team banned from competing in Rio The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has imposed a blanket ban on Russian athletes from competing at the Rio Paralympics. 07/08/2016
no comment Egypt: A champion prepares for the Paralympic Games Ibrahim Hamato was 10 years old when he lost his arms in a train accident, despite that he has become a champion table tennis player and helped change the perception of disabled people in… 03/08/2016
no comment Women's wheelchair basketball in Afghanistan The final of the Afghanistan women’s wheelchair national basketball championship between Herat and Balkh provinces was held in the country’s capital 30/04/2016
Japan Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic and Paralympic emblems Japanese organisers revealed Friday the emblem of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, five years to the day before the opening 25/07/2015
le mag Viktoria Modesta: the world's first amputee pop star She’s been dubbed the world's first amputee pop artist: at the age of 20, Viktoria Modesta asked doctors to remove her lower left leg, which had been 14/01/2015
South Africa Video and photo evidence add to drama of Pistorius trial South African prosecutors at the trial of Oscar Pistorius have shown a video of the athlete firing a gun at a shooting range as they began his 09/04/2014
France Five world records broken at the IPC Athletics World Championships Athletes are breaking world records in the The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships which, this year, are held in 24/07/2013
