Norway had a golden double on the opening day of the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti in Finland as Birgit Skarstein and Vilde Nilsen both earned victories on a day of middle-distance cross-country racing.
The World Para Alpine Skiing Europa Cup season will finally resume in St Moritz tomorrow after two postponed events.
The Para Nordic skiing season will get underway tomorrow with a World Cup event in the Finnish resort of Vuokatti.
The United States edged past Canada 5-4 today to win gold at the Canadian Para Hockey Cup in London in Ontario for the fifth time in a row.
United States thrashed South Korea 8-0 to finish the preliminary round stage of the Para Hockey Cup with a 100 per cent record.
The United States claimed a 4-1 win over hosts Canada today to secure first place in the preliminary-round standings at the Para Hockey Cup in London in Ontario.
Lillehammer will host the inaugural joint World Para Snow Sports Championships in Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and snowboard in 2021, it has been announced.
Hosts Canada bounced back from their defeat against the United States to overcome South Korea 4-0 as action continued today at the Para Hockey Cup in London in Ontario.
The United States made it two wins out of two at the Para Hockey Cup by comfortably beating South Korea 9-0 in London in Ontario today.
The United States begun their bid for a fifth consecutive Para Hockey Cup title by beating hosts Canada 3-0 in London in Ontario today.
Home nation Canada made a winning start to the Para Hockey Cup with a convincing victory over South Korea in London in Ontario today.
Paralympic Games silver medalists Canada will look to win gold in front of a home crowd at the Para Hockey Cup due to start tomorrow in Ontario.
Dutchwoman Lisa Bunschoten claimed the gold medal for the second World Para Snowboard World Cup in succession today, beating Spain’s Astrid Fina Paredes to win the women’s snowboard cross lower limb two impairment one division in Pyha.
Snowboard cross will make its first appearance on the new World Para Snowboard World Cup circuit this week as the series heads to Pyha in Finland.
Organisers of the Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup have promised the tournament will increase the interest in the sport after the schedule for the event in London in Ontario was published.
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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