Date | Title | Description |
12.09.2024 | Nervous excitement as Sydney Marathon closes on major status | SYDNEY : If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42 kilometres around the streets of Sydney on Sunday, World Marathon Majors will soon add a seventh race to the elite series.
The Sydney Marathon wil... |
05.09.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Paralympics are ‘educating the world what people with physical disabilities can do’ | This year, 4,400 athletes from 167 countries are participating in 22 sports. Eight athletes who were displaced from their home countries, were part of a refugee team.
Zakia Khudadadi became the first refugee athlete to win a Paralympic meda... |
30.08.2024 | Olympics | Ezra Frech wants to be a Paralympic champion, and a champion for the disability community | 1) His life’s calling is to change the way the entirety of human society views disability.
2) To do that, he must become the greatest Paralympian of all time.
“I believe I can be that person,” Frech says, with all the self-assuredness of a ... |
30.08.2024 | Commentary: Why aren’t the Olympics and Paralympics combined into one Games? | LONDON, Canada: As the lights go out on an outstanding Olympic Games in Paris, it’s important to remember the Games aren’t over - it’s just the halfway mark. While the closing ceremony on Aug 11 seemed like the end of the event with the off... |
27.08.2024 | Olympics | Paralympic social media accounts bypass traditional media with edgy take | The guy with no arms is Paralympic silver medalist Matt Stutzman, who has built up a brand as the “Armless Archer.” He maneuvers the car with his feet: left foot on the pedals, right foot on the steering wheel.
Stutzman’s passenger is Chuck... |
27.08.2024 | Olympics | Tatyana McFadden, Jessica Long among Paralympians to watch in Paris | Jessica Long of the United States(C), Gabriel Araujo of Brazil (C), and Simone Barlaam of Italy (R) speak at the World Para Swimming Ones to Watch press conference at the Paralympics 2024 on August 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Fiona... |
30.07.2024 | The Battle Against Piracy: Olympic Games Under Siege | The Olympic Games are a spectacle of human achievement. They unite nations, celebrate diversity, and showcase the pinnacle of athletic prowess. But behind the scenes, a different battle rages. A battle against piracy. The International Olym... |
28.07.2024 | Pirate IPTV Services Blocked For Pirating The Olympics | When it comes to the protection of its intellectual property rights, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is notoriously uncompromising. Hardly a surprise given the role the brand and other rights play in this global sporting event. No... |
26.07.2024 | KAATSU to Showcase Its Groundbreaking Performance and Recovery Technology at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games | At the request of the WOA, KAATSU will demonstrate its cutting-edge tech for athletes at OLY House in Paris during the 2024 Olympics from July 26 to August 11.
We are eager to share our innovative tech with the global athletic community and... |
25.07.2024 | As Paris Games cheer gender equity, female Paralympians face 'double marginalisation' | PARIS : As organisers and fans celebrate the start of the first "gender-equal Games" this month in Paris, Paralympic athletes still face multiple barriers to achieving the feminist dream, experts say.
The 2024 Olympics will mark a... |
09.07.2024 | Refugee team for Paris bigger than Tokyo | BERLIN : A total of nine refugees will participate in the Paris Paralympics as members of the largest refugee team assembled, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Tuesday.
The athletes are based in six different countries an... |
27.06.2024 | Para climbing officially added to LA28 program | LOS ANGELES : Para climbing will make its Paralympic debut at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 after being approved by the International Paralympic Committee on Wednesday as the emerging sport continues to reach new heights.
The addition of pa... |
20.05.2024 | Paraplympics-No reason to sanction Israel, Games should promote peace, says IPC head | PARIS : Wars and conflicts should not influence participation in the Games, which need to convey a message of hope and support, and Israel should not be sanctioned, Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) sa... |
21.04.2024 | Oscar Pistorius now a volunteer caretaker at Pretoria church | Oscar Pistorius was released from jail earlier this year.
Images via Instagram:
@oscarpistorius/ @reevasteenkamp
Former Paralympic athlete and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius now works at a Pretoria church voluntarily as a caretaker.
Ear... |
24.11.2023 | Oscar Pistorius faces second parole hearing | Jailed SA paralympian Oscar Pistorius has asked the courts to force prison authorities to consider him for parole. Photo: AP
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius could be granted early release from prison on Friday, a decade af... |
23.11.2023 | Oscar Pistorius’ potential homecoming sparks controversy | Will Pistorius be granted parole? Image via THEMBA HADEBE/ AFP
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius said on Wednesday they hope the former South African Paralympic champion who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend a decade ago will be released ... |
22.11.2023 | Oscar Pistorius faces potential parole release delays | Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is unlikely to be released immediately if granted parole on Friday.
Image via MUJAHID SAFODIEN, AFP
Former South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who wa... |
14.08.2022 | Paris Olympics 2024: Ticket Sales Open In December And This Is How To Get Them | Paris has placed the Olympics rings in the place of honor in front of the Eiffel tower at the ... [+] Trocadero. Photo by Julien Mattia/ NurPhoto via Getty Images |
01.07.2022 | Signs By Veterans and Savage Shakers Founder Announces Sponsorship for #TEAMUSA Para-Athlete Brian Conwell | Brian "Big Country" Conwell
I’m proud of Brian and his mental toughness to defy the odds. As a veteran who separated service in a wheelchair, his story hit me personally. Very easy decision to sign him as a sponsored athlete.”
— J... |
18.10.2021 | DBS : Bank named as co-sponsor for SNPC Athletes Achievement Awards | DBS Bank named as co-sponsor for SNPC Athletes Achievement Awards
Singapore, 16 Oct 2021 - DBS Bank to support and co-sponsor the Singapore National Paralympic Council (SNPC)'s Athletes Achievement Awards (AAA) through the provision of cash... |
02.09.2021 | Россия поднялась на второе место в медальном зачете Паралимпиады | Российская сборная поднялась на второе место в общекомандном зачете Паралимпийских игр в Токио, следует из данных на сайте Игр.
Всего российская команда завоевала 89 медалей – 32 золотых, 20 серебряных и 37 бронзовых. Первое место с 147 мед... |
19.08.2021 | WeThe15 To Use Tokyo Paralympics To Spark A Global Revolution In Disability Inclusion | TOKYO, JAPAN - 2020/02/17: View of the Olympic Rings near the new National Stadium in Kasumigaoka, ... [+] Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The stadium will serve as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies and for the track and field... |
21.07.2021 | US Paralympic athletes will receive equal pay for the first time at the Tokyo Olympics | Gold medalist McKenzie Coan (left) and silver medalist Cortney Jordan of the United States celebrate on the podium at the medal ceremony for the women’s 100-meter freestyle at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Junya Nishigawa – PARAPHOTO/Getty Ima... |
19.07.2016 | A star athlete heads to Rio to keep Paralympians healthy | When Paralympic athletes hit the swimming pool and race tracks in Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Cheri Blauwet will be there — this time, not as a competitor, but as a medical advisor tracking concussions, infections, and blindfolded collisions.
Blauw... |
- | Российские паралимпийцы допущены до Игр в Пекине в нейтральном статусе | Российские паралимпийцы смогут выступить на Играх в Пекине (4-13 марта), но без флага и гимна страны. Об этом сообщается на сайте Международного паралимпийского комитета (IPC).
В пресс-релизе уточняется, что российские атлеты будут выступат... |
- | Toyota suspends all self-driving vehicles at Paralympic Games after collision with athlete | Toyota Motor Corporation has announced an immediate halt to all of its e-Palette self-driving transportation pods operating at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. The decision comes on the heels of an accident that took place in the Paralympic Vill... |