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Ostrava 2021: Get to know USA
Defending champions have not missed the podium at a World Championships in 21 years, and two of their titles were won in Ostrava
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Team USA launches inspirational campaign #ShowTheWorld ahead of Tokyo 2020
Para athletes ‘Show the World’ that the Paralympic Games are impossible to miss
Australia names powerful team for Tokyo 2020
Squad features 15 debutants along with some of the most successful swimmers in the country's Paralympic history, like six-time gold medallist Ellie Cole
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Ostrava 2021: Get to know Canada
The four-time world champions have finished on the podium at all but one of its 10 Worlds appearances
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Lima 2021: Gold for Vasyl Kovalchuk, birthday gift for Vincent Fagnon
French athlete takes silver medal and achieves quota for Tokyo 2020 as Ukrainian domination continues at the World Cup in Peru
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BWF grant boosts women's participation in Para badminton
More than 70 players from over 40 countries benefitted
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Salesforce partners with LA28, Team USA and NBCUniversal
'Salesforce will enable Team USA and the LA28 Games to connect with fans in the most personal way, curating connections and content like never before.'
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Sport Week: 10 things to know about judo
The original Paralympic martial art, judo will return to its roots at Tokyo 2020
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Paralympic hopefuls go for Tokyo ticket at Berlin 2021 World Series
German capital hosts swimmers in search of qualification for Tokyo 2020 as others put their form to test ahead of the Games in August
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Ostrava 2021: Get to know South Korea
Only Asian team in the competition will be looking at reaching the podium for the third consecutive World Championships
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German goalballer Michael Dennis says Tokyo 2020 will be ‘once in a lifetime’
After more than a decade of rebuilding, Germany's goalball team seems to have found a winning formula
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Fans return to Ostrava 2021 World Championships
Local Organising Committee launches ticket sales for the competition with a code of conduct based on the COVID-19 measures in effect Czech Republic
Para athletics and Para swimming Euros conclude with successful COVID-19 protocols
A total of 5,842 tests (PCR and antigen) were conducted across 12 days and 670 athletes from 44 countries took part in the event.
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Sport Week: Ones to watch for goalball
Ten men and 10 women’s teams will take to the courts at the Makuhari Messe Hall C at Tokyo 2020
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Birmingham 2022 reveals detailed schedule and ticket information
Six out of the eight Para sports in the competition programme set to kick off on 29 August in next year's Commonwealth Games
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IPC provides update on Tokyo 2020 qualification
A record number of National Paralympic Committees could compete at Tokyo
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Ostrava 2021: Get to know Czech Republic
Host nation is the fourth seed in an extremely tough preliminary round group that also includes USA, Canada and South Korea
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Third version of Tokyo 2020 Playbooks published
One of the key updates to the third version of the Playbooks relates to additional details on compliance
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Lima 2021: Ukraine and South Korea dominate days 1 and 2
Nine athletes earn Tokyo 2020 qualification spots after the first two days of action at the World Cup in the Peruvian capital
Sport Week: 10 things to know about goalball
The original team sport for people with vision impairments, goalball celebrates its 75 year anniversary in 2021.