PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Top moments in wheelchair basketball
Memories from the past Paralympic Games that cannot be forgotten
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US celebrate first-ever joint Olympic & Paralympic Day
‘This is a monumental step to see the two movements join together to celebrate the value that sport brings to the world’
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Hear my voice: Being a Black man with a disability
Brian Bell – a wheelchair basketball Paralympic champion – opens up about his experience and what can be done to tackle racism
Welcome to wheelchair basketball
The sport was part of the original eight at the first Paralympic Games in 1960
I’mPOSSIBLE educational toolkit unveiled in Japanese
The third edition of the secondary education version will be distributed to 17,000 schools for free
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Reigning Paralympic champion Sophie Thornhill retires
‘After a lot of thought and support, I am ready to move onto the next chapter of my life’
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#ForzaAlex: Paralympic Movement rallies round Zanardi
He remains in intensive care in a critical but stable condition at Le Scotte hospital in Siena
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World Refugee Day: A medium for inclusion
Initiative led by the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation and UNHCR has made a difference for many lives in Rwanda refugee camps
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58 hours of Paralympic programme on NBC Sports
Coverage will look back at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and the 2019 World Para Championships in swimming and track & field