MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS, Yevgeny Ionov/. With less than two days remaining before the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games kick off, the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) guarantees that hosts Rio ...

Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (CNN) – A poignant and defiant Rio 2016 Paralympics closing ceremony celebrated Brazil, the strength of the human spirit and diversity while stylishly handing the baton over for Tokyo ...

In the second day of competition on Guanabara Bay, the athletes were postponed ashore until 1400 local, before the Sonar and SKUD-18 classes were able to complete a race, while the 2.4mR contest was ...

Day three of the Paralympic regatta couldn’t have been more different than the day before. The Rio sea breeze filled in with a purpose, allowing all three classes to complete three full races. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Paralympics will go ahead next month despite being forced to implement further "major budget cuts" to the games in Rio de Janeiro. Poor ticket sales have compounded existing ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – To rousing cheers and a standing ovation, two para-athletes who faced the additional challenge of being displaced from their homeland made history on Wednesday leading the ...

Kenya's Paralympics squad landed back on Saturday afternoon after a triumphant outing at the ninth Tunis International Meeting in Tunis, Tunisia. The team amassed 11 medals – four gold, four silver ...

When Brazilian design agency Tatil won the brief to create the brand for the Rio 2016 Olympics in 2011 it beat of competition from 139 agencies, all vying to claim the high-profile prize. “The brand ...

There will be no Russian athletes at the 2016 Paralympic Games after CAS dismissed an appeal against their blanket ban from the IPC. ___5410354___https:_____static ...

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is delighted to hear today that Paratriathlon has been accepted into the Paralympic Games and will debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The International ...