Brazil 08/09/2016 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.
Brazil 08/09/2016 Let the Games begin! Paralympics start with spectacular opening ceremony The Paralympic Games have begun in Rio, with a breathtaking opening ceremony.
world news 07/09/2016 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.
Sport 31/08/2016 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.
Sport 23/08/2016 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.
Brazil 23/08/2016 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
Brazil 23/08/2016 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…
Brazil 15/08/2016 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
Sport 07/08/2016 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.
no comment 03/08/2016 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…
no comment 30/04/2016 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
Japan 25/07/2015 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
le mag 14/01/2015 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
South Africa 09/04/2014 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
France 24/07/2013 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
