PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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.