British powerlifter Ali Jawad has turned down treatment for Crohn's disease to boost his chances of qualifying for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Paris 2024 welcomed 20 people with disabilities to work in collaboration with their staff as part of the DuoDay initiative.
Tokyo 2020 has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Agitos Foundation and the Japanese Paralympic Committee (JPC), under which the three organisations will cooperate with the aim of developing human resources and expertise in the field of Paralympic sports.
India’s outstanding 17-year-old shooting talent Manish Narwal, who is targeting the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, wants to have junior and senior records to his name by next year.
Denis Toomey has been appointed Ireland’s Chef de Mission for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Former Para swimmer Stephanie Dixon has been named Canada's Chef de Mission for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Australia’s Paralympians at the Tokyo 2020 Games will have a base to meet their friends and family just 800 metres from the Athletes’ Village - thanks to a partnership between Paralympics Australia, Sydney’s Sutherland Shire Council and its Japanese sister city Chuo.
Tokyo 2020 has today welcomed Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, as a Paralympic Gold Partner.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has claimed the Paralympic Games is already having an impact on Japanese society, with 500 days to go until the Opening Ceremony.
Tokyo 2020 has unveiled the official sport pictograms for the Paralympic Games with 500 days to go until the Opening Ceremony.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its first official video game for the upcoming Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, has revealed that a potentially critical lack of accessible hotel rooms at the Tokyo 2020 Games may be mitigated by modifying existing ordinary rooms.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has welcomed the “fantastic recognition” of their "Transforming Lives Makes Sense for Everyone" campaign being shortlisted for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Action Award.
The route of the Paralympic marathon events at Tokyo 2020 has today been confirmed following approval from World Para Athletics.
Holding the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris could create as many as 150,000 jobs over the next five years, a report claimed.
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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