International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has praised organisers of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games prior to the Opening Ceremony tomorrow.
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has placed two athletes who staged podium protests at the Pan American Games in Lima on probation and warned others who make similar stands will be given harsher punishments.
The Brazilian men’s wheelchair basketball team will go to the upcoming Parapan American Games in Lima with a wealth of experience to help them qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Brazilian Edenia Garcia is targeting a fifth consecutive gold medal at the Parapan American Games in Lima.
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis has praised his nation's athletes after the country recorded their best medal performance at the Pan American Games in Lima.
The delegation that will represent hosts Peru at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima have attended an official induction ceremony.
Canada will be represented by a total of 151 athletes, including sport assistants, pilots, and guides, at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima.
Nine-times Pan American Games racquetball gold medallist Paola Longoria of Mexico has been elected to the Panam Sports Athlete Commission alongside four others.
Hosting global events in athletics, equestrian and swimming has been targeted by Peru following the conclusion of the Pan American Games, with positive discussions claimed to have been held with International Federations.
Lima 2019 director general Alberto Valenzuela has claimed the Parapan American Games could be "incredible" as attention in the Peruvian capital focuses fully on the event.
Peruvian culture was celebrated a final time at the Lima 2019 Closing Ceremony as Panam Sports President Neven Ilic claimed the Pan American Games had opened a new page for sport in the Americas.
Fabrizio Zanotti claimed Paraguay's first Pan American Games gold medal after triumphing in the men's golf tournament, with the sport the last to be contested here at Lima 2019.
By Nancy Gillen and Michael Pavitt in Lima
Puerto Rico have been stripped of their men’s doubles bowling title after Jean Perez Faure failed a drug test, Panam Sports have confirmed.
By Nancy Gillen and Michael Pavitt in Lima
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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With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics about to head into their final year of preparations, Mike Rowbottom speaks to IPC President Andrew Parsons about the most pressing concern and the hope for a lasting legacy.
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