Tokyo 2020 - News
Top Stories
![Iranian Zahra Nemati shooting the arrow](/sites/default/files/images/190603083122487_Zahra-Nemati.jpg)
Iran look to improve position on medals table at Tokyo
'We expect to be champion in sitting volleyball like previous six editions of the Games'
![Wheelchair fencing's Ones to Watch at Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/wvL96WcsIkY0KuA5nKGIxDwI2INtEgClZt2_c0mg7gc.jpg?itok=0Uf-Bk2e)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for wheelchair fencing
Tokyo 2020 will see the addition of the women’s sabre category A and B, bringing the number of medal events to 16 across men’s and women’s individual and team foil, epee and sabre
![Yemen's Para athlete Naseb Fateh Mohammed Al Raoad](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Yemen4.jpeg)
Yemen battling all odds to end 29-year wait
Para athletes find ways to train amidst wide-spread destruction
![Two wheelchair fencers battling](/sites/default/files/2019-09/italy-china-wheelchair-fencing.jpg)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about wheelchair fencing
The sport adapted by Sir Ludwig Guttmann more than 65 years ago continues to evolve
Colombia's Jose Leep: It's still fun after all these years
Mainstay of Colombia’s national team has been there for all the team’s highs and lows since 2009 and will look to write a new chapter at Tokyo 2020
![A male athlete with a prosthetic leg next to a score showing his world record](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Leverkusen%202021.jpg)
Germany to continue upward trajectory at Tokyo 2020
Hot form bodes well for medal success in Para athletics and cycling
![Collage with 10 photos of Para athletes](/sites/default/files/2021-07/one%20month%20to%20go.jpg)
Expectations galore with one month to go to Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Dreams soon to become realities with the Paralympics around the corner
![Wheelchair basketball's Ones to Watch at Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/7if6bqEEoS0BoQ-lyUY4wFbwqHCu0veKP3KkSCjN1II.jpg?itok=3w41GEB8)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for wheelchair basketball
Who to look out for when the wheelchair basketball competition kicks off at the Paralympic Games for the 16th time
![US female wheelchair basketball player shoots the ball while being double teamed](/sites/default/files/2020-05/rebecca-murray-rio-2016-getty.jpg)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about wheelchair basketball
A fast-paced game between two teams trying to shoot a ball into the opposing team’s basket.
![Para Triathlon's Ones to Watch at Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/3GBFz5IuAKMI3_lYitNt1udAjHeR3fIDQYJt8nA6bvk.jpg?itok=H2sk_744)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para triathlon
Returning Paralympic champions from Rio 2016 will battle it out with debutants eager to get on the podium
![Zulfiya Gabidullina of Kazakhstan celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Women's 100m Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Zulfiya%20Gabidullina%201_0.jpg)
Kazakh medal hopes rest on swimmers, taekwondoin and judokas
'Our goal is to show people that we are not giving up and are going to overcome this obstacle on the way of stabilising the situation in the whole world'
![Triathlon](/sites/default/files/2020-06/triathlon.jpg)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para triathlon
Get ready for more action – and medal events – as the sport makes its second Paralympic Games appearance
![Para Taekwondo's Ones to Watch at Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/B7AD5MIihmS8G2foqyjYam0ZFFtAdPqJUH3pt303ttI.jpg?itok=epHxmAVg)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para taekwondo
Here are 10 athletes eager to make Paralympic history in Tokyo
![Rooba Alomari](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Roba%20Alomari%20%28002%29.jpeg)
Bahrain's Tokyo 2020 medal hope rests on two athletes
Throwers Ahmed Meshaima and Rooba Alomari will be aiming for the podium
![Graphic explaining how Tokyo 2020 will make a sustainable Games](/sites/default/files/2020-09/sustainability-concept-tokyo-2020.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 publishes update to sustainability pre-Games report
The Games are expected to go beyond carbon neutrality
![Tokyo 2020 emblems](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Tokyo%202020%20emblem.jpg)
Joint Statement on Spectator Capacities at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
'The decision regarding the admission of Paralympic event spectators will now be taken when the Olympic Games end.'
![Channel 4's presenter line-up](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Channel%204%20Paralympics%20Presenter%20Line%20Up.jpg)
Channel 4 sets out its most ambitious Paralympic plans
• Channel 4 will host over 300 hours of round the clock Paralympics coverage from Tokyo, Leeds and London
![Moroccan and Egyptian football 5-a-side players fighting for the ball](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Imad-Morocco-football.jpg)
Morocco target first football 5-a-side Paralympic podium finish
Defender Imad Berka prepared to ‘work continually harder’ to help his team win its maiden Paralympic medal
![Tokyo 2020 Stadium](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Tokyo%202020%20stadium%201.jpg)
NHK releases Paralympic Games broadcast schedule
The channel will live stream the torch relay from 17-24 August and telecast the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.