Leicester is set to again play host to the Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations tournament next year in what will be the third edition of the event, Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has announced.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the four-year sanction for American Paralympic athlete Stirley Jones after he failed a drugs test last year.
USA Triathlon have announced their Paratriathlon National Championships in 2020 will take place in Long Beach in California for the second consecutive year.
South Korean players clinched five medals, including two golds, in the individual finals at the Dubai Boccia Regional Open Championships today.
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has today announced that former UK Athletics chair Ed Warner has been appointed to the Board of Trustees with immediate effect and will take over from the current chair, Kevin Aitchison, when he stands down in September 2020.
Shaun Norris has been crowned International Paralympic Committee Allianz Athlete of the Month for November, after leading Australia to the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Asia Oceania Championships title in Pattaya.
Argentina's Gustavo Fernández has been named the International Tennis Federation men's wheelchair world champion for the second time in three years.
Kuwait’s Saad Alazmaa has been re-elected President of International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Asia Oceania.
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has been awarded the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.
Ukraine beat England in the final of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Partially Sighted Football World Championship in Antalya today.
England are through to the final of the International Blind Sports Federation Partially Sighted Football World Championship in Antalya, despite losing to Russia in their last round-robin match today.
Ukraine maintained their place at the top of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Partially Sighted Football World Championship standings with a fifth consecutive win.
Ukraine won their fourth consecutive match at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Partially Sighted Football World Championship in Antalya.
Turkey picked up their first points of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Partially Sighted Football World Championship by stunning Russia.
Japan were crowned winners of the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships women’s competition in Chiba, while China secured the men’s title.
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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