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.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan will create a heatstroke prevention study to help the country prepare for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games as fears over extreme heat continue to overshadow preparations for Tokyo 2020.
Former Spanish soccer star Andrés Iniesta has featured in a special Tokyo 2020 video to mark the launch of the ticket lottery for the Paralympic Games on August 22 and the one-year-to-go countdown to the Paralympic Games, due to begin on August 25 next year.
World ParaVolley (WPV) is seeking a new host for the women's Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament in 2020 after Italy pulled out of staging the competition.
Alleviating the extreme heat concerns at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games remains a key priority for organisers according to Takeo Hirata, the Japanese Government's coordinator for the Games.
Organisers of this weekend's international Triathlon Union (ITU) Tokyo Paratriathlon World Cup have moved the start times forward by one hour to avoid exposing athletes to high temperatures in the region.
Tokyo 2020 has unveiled the event line-up for each session at next year’s Paralympic Games.
Britain were crowned International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) European Championship Division A winners after defeating Denmark in Vejles.
Fears for the welfare of athletes at Tokyo 2020 have increased after a construction worker was reported to have collapsed and died from heatstroke while working at a construction site for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A team of eight taekwondo athletes from Nepal have travelled to Japan for a training session as they prepare for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
The start times of the marathons at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo have been brought forward by half an hour owing to the expected high temperatures in the Japanese capital.
Australian Paralympians at Tokyo 2020 will be fuelled by Australian Beef after Paralympics Australia secured a sponsorship deal with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).
Britain's nine-time Paralympic swimming champion Lord Chris Holmes is due to face trial on charges of sexual assault of a woman at a London hotel.
Two films taking a walk down memory lane to the 1964 Paralympics in Tokyo have been aired in the Japanese capital as the city prepares to welcome back the Games.
The designs of two JPY¥500 (£3.86/$4.68/€4.22) commemorative coins celebrating next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have been selected.
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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