PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Sport Week: 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: Para taekwondo becomes prime 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
Genesis Leal working overtime saving lives in Venezuela
"There are many people who have no knowledge whatsoever spreading messages about the coronavirus. As doctors, we know what we're dealing with, so we ask them to listen to us"
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Outbreak Prevention Taskforce launches online risk assessment tool
'There will never be zero risk for infections diseases but we want to help event organisers to reduce the risk to an acceptable level'
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Dmytro Suiarko blazes trail from Ukrainian village to the world
Para Nordic skier makes the best of countryside training during pandemic