PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Iran's 'adventure freak' Saeed Zaroori living life to the fullest
'I always say, do not chase me. I have my own life and I have my own story'
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Chan Ho Yuen working on ‘surprise element’
But Hong Kong’s Para badminton star is also back to full-time training early amid COVID-19 pandemic
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India’s Deepa Malik clears confusion on retirement
Keen to serve Para athletes as President of Paralympic Committee of India
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Second Online World Cup Series kick off
Athletes can submit their videos to the new edition of the online competition until 24 May
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Birmingham to host IBSA World Games 2023
The Games will take place from 18-27 August 2023
Sport week: Welcome to shooting
Shooting Para sport has featured at every Paralympic Games since Toronto 1976
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Paralympics New Zealand reach out to masses in search of 22 Paralympians
"This will ensure that they can be acknowledged and celebrated and for their stories to be shared once again with all New Zealanders"
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Taka Suzuki keen to pull right 'strings' for home glory
'I hope the Paralympic Games in 2021 are ones where people really feel they have got their lives back'
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Francesca Bosio attributes Italy’s giant strides to hard work
‘Every single training session we have had over the last three years was keeping in mind to get us ready for Tokyo 2020.’
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WADA updates COVID-19 guidance for anti-doping organisations
‘We are providing clear guidance so that the integrity of the system can be maintained without jeopardising the health of athletes’
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Denmark to host 2022 World Championship
'The work, commitment and passion that has gone into the event bid is to be applauded'
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‘Pressure’ brings out best of US star Murray
Her training starts with running through game-like situations on her own, visualising defenders coming at her from various points on court
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Greta Muti’s medical and musical crew against coronavirus
Once training for her first Paralympics, Italian has now joined her family on a project helping people transition back to normal life
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Worlds medallists and Team Blue win inaugural Online Series
Colombia's Fabio Torres and Russia's Vera Muratova make history competing from home
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Sabine Ellerbrock bids farewell to wheelchair tennis
German former world No. 1 says goodbye to women's circuit
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Patience steers James Fox through pandemic
British Paralympic champion shares about a scuppered summer, ‘climbing Everest’ and baking bread
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World Para Powerlifting welcomes BIGSER as an approved supplier
Company will also become presenting partner of the Online World Cup Series
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Para swimmer Patricia Pereira banned for anti-doping rule violation
Brazilian suspended for 12 months and forfeits her silver and bronze medals won at the 2019 Parapan American Games
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Tokyo 2020: IPC releases qualification regulations for 11 sports
Together these sports represent almost 3,000 of the available 4,400 athlete slots