Tokyo 2020 and key politicians have vowed to increase accessibility and excitement for the Paralympic Games in the build-up to the event.
Panasonic was used as a visual and audio-visual solution supplier at a World Para Powerlifting event for the first time at the Kitakyushu 2018 Asia-Oceania Open Championships, to help promote Para-sports in Japan.
Tokyo 2020 have announced the Shimizu Corporation as an official sponsor of the Olympic an Paralympic Games, taking the total number of domestic partners to 55.
Tokyo 2020 have unveiled the competition schedule for the Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital.
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) have announced the 32 teams who will compete in their Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualifier in Fort Wayne.
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) has confirmed that a second Blind Football World Grand Prix will take place in Japan after the success of this year’s competition.
A record 16 disciplines from 14 sports will be available for Rights Holding Broadcasters (RHBs) to show live from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced today.
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) have appointed Alexey Baryaev as the goalball technical delegate for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
With two years to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics get underway, a poll of Japanese Para-athletes indicates that many feel there is a need to make disabled sports "more attractive".
Japanese athletes took part in a ceremony today to mark two years to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Tokyo 2020 have today announced their ticket prices for the Paralympic Games - which they claim offer all sports at "affordable" prices.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has signed on as a gold partner of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, it was announced today.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has praised Tokyo 2020 for their progress in their preparations for the Paralympic Games as organisers prepare to mark the two years to go milestone later this week.
South Africa's athletes will prepare for the 2020 Paralympic Game in Tokyo in Iizuka City and Fukuoka Prefecture after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with both local authorities.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future well-being of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom.
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