Paralympics





ID athletes re-admitted for London 2012

By Tom Degun

November 21 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will re-admit athletes with an intellectual disability (ID Athletes) back into the Paralympic Games for London 2012 it was announced today at the General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur.



FEI vice-president unhappy after bute reintroduced to sport

By Duncan Mackay

 

November 19 - A major new row over doping in equestrian has erupted after Sven Holmberg (pictured middle), the vice-president of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), criticised the adoption of a new anti-doping programme that allows the controlled use of the controversial anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone, which was banned 20 years ago.