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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Paralympic flag is waved by Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, right, following the hand over by Sir Philip Craven, centre, watched by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson during the closing ...

It's been an unprecedented run for Brazil, now in the final days of its third mega-event moment. The 2014 World Cup is fading from memory, the August 2016 Olympics crowned a success, and the ...

There was Aussie elation at the Marina da Gloria on day five as the Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medals were wrapped up in the Two Person (SKUD18) and Three Person Keelboat (Sonar) with a day to spare.

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 ...

Powerlifting continued to increase Nigeria’s medal haul at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil as Lucy Ejike set a new world and Paralympic record after lifting 142kg in the women’s -61kg.

September 12 - The Paralympic Flag has arrived in Rio de Janeiro after the city's Mayor Eduardo Paes collected at the Closing Ceremony of London 2012 on Sunday (September 9). It arrived as part of a ...