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

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

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

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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

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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

25/07/2015

Culture news

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

09/04/2014

France

Five world records broken at the IPC Athletics World Championships

24/07/2013