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Para shuttlers key to Indonesia’s medal hopes at Tokyo
'The team has been preparing well despite the pandemic and we have several medal contenders in the team. NPC Indonesia has set a target of one gold medal but we are hopeful of more'

Kinga Drozdz excited about Paralympic debut
A relative newcomer to the sport, the Polish feels optimistic in the lead-up to Tokyo 2020

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'

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 battling all odds to end 29-year wait
Para athletes find ways to train amidst wide-spread destruction

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

Germany to continue upward trajectory at Tokyo 2020
Hot form bodes well for medal success in Para athletics and cycling

Expectations galore with one month to go to Paralympic Games
Dreams soon to become realities with the Paralympics around the corner

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

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.

Ones to watch for Para triathlon
Returning Paralympic champions from Rio 2016 will battle it out with debutants eager to get on the podium

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'

10 things to know about Para triathlon
Get ready for more action – and medal events – as the sport makes its second Paralympic Games appearance

Ones to watch for Para taekwondo
Here are 10 athletes eager to make Paralympic history in Tokyo

Bahrain's Tokyo medal hope rests on two athletes
Throwers Ahmed Meshaima and Rooba Alomari will be aiming for the podium

Tokyo 2020 publishes update to sustainability pre-Games report
The Games are expected to go beyond carbon neutrality

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 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