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10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Naomi Soazo

The number of women competing at the Paralympic Games has doubled in the last 20 years.

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Sky Sport New Zealand set to air live coverage of London 2012 ceremonies and daily highlights from the Paralympic Games competition.

Jerome Singleton celebrating victory

US Paralympics will team up with NBC to air several one-hour highlight shows of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Paralympic Ball

The Paralympic Ball will be a glamorous black-tie event to raise funds for the IPC's Agitos Foundation on 5 September in London.

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Flames will be created at the summits of the UK’s four highest peaks and there will be a 24-hour relay route for the Paralympic Torch.

Mihovil Spanja competing

The IPC revealed nine names with more than 100 years of sport commentary experience between them that will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of its live sport coverage.

Team Iran Sitting Volleyballl celebrating

With 10 men’s and eight women’s teams battling it out on the Sitting Volleyball court at the ExCeL, here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.

Sitting Volleyball match - USA vs Brazil Men

Here’s a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Sitting Volleyball at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Azerbaijan competing against Spain during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

At the Paralympic Games, Azerbaijan will be led by top Judo athletes, including two-time reigning Paralympic champion Ilham Zakiyev.

London 2012 unveil Anti-Doping Laboratory.

Double European champion stripped of his titles from Stadskanaal

Iran Football 7-a-Side team

Having won their final Paralympic tune-up, Iran heads to the Riverbank Arena in London as a dark horse in the Football 7-a-Side competition.

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During the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the IPC will feature more than 780 hours of live sporting coverage on www.paralympic.org.

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Here is a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Football 7-a-Side at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

BBC Radio 5 live to have wealth of London 2012 Paralympic coverage from expert commentators.

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Over 2.1 million tickets sold for London, already beating the record set in Beijing in 2008

Taras Dutko Ukraine Football 7-a-Side

Taras Dutko and Volodymyr Antoniuk hope to make it three Paralympic golds in a row for Ukraine Football 7-a-Side at London 2012.

Cathal Miller

Irish cyclist Cathal Miller, who will compete in three different Cycling events at London 2012, will carry his delegation’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.

Great Britain Football 7-a-Side

The Football 7-a-Side gold-medal match will be the final major sporting event of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Tatyana McFadden competing

The American delegation will compete in 19 sports at the Paralympic Games, hoping to better their third-place finish from Beijing 2008.

Evan O’Hanlon

Sprinter Evan O’Hanlon and four others were the first of Australia’s large Paralympic delegation to head to Cardiff for their pre-Games camp.