By Wang Yanfang The 2024 International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology & World Rehabilitation Robot Convention (i-CREATe & WRRC 2024) is held in Shanghai from Aug. 23-26. [Xinhua] The 2024 International Convention on...
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Abdulla Sultan Alaryani aiming for perfection
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
The UAE’s double world champion Abdulla Sultan Alaryani is aiming to perfect his craft in the 50m shooting distance ahead of the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, in less than 100 days. The 37-year-old is fresh off two gold medals – R7 (men’s 50m rifle 3...
Brilliant Berlin brings Grand Prix series to an end
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
The second and final day (Sunday 1 July) of the Berlin Grand Prix saw a wealth of records, world leads and high-class performances to bring the curtain down on the 2018 World Para Athletics Grand Prix season in fine style. Top of the bill for the second day running at...
Indonesia 2018: Road cycling included
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
Road cycling will join the sports programme for October’s Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, following approval at the Asian Paralympic Committee’s (APC) Executive Board meeting in late June. The Board agreed the inclusion of the sport following the Organising...
Mark Barr breaks Andrew Lewis’ winning streak
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
World champion Andrew Lewis saw his winning streak come to an end in thrilling fashion on Saturday (30 June) as Iseo, Italy, staged its first International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Para TriathlonSeries. In the men’s PTS2, Great Britain’s Lewis – who is also the...
Berlin Grand Prix: Record-Breaking Super Saturday
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
India’s Yogesh Kathuniya and Brazilian throwers Andre Rocha and Elizabeth Gomes were all in record-breaking form on Saturday, the opening day of competition at the Berlin Grand Prix in Germany. Two weeks after breaking the discus F52 world record at the Paris Grand...
Using signs, soccer fans help deaf, blind pals follow World Cup
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
In Colombia, Jose Richard Gallego lost the ability to see and hear at the age of nine, but his passion for football did not diminish. Fortunately, his friend Cesar Daza was able to tell him what was happening during the World Cup game, using unique hand gestures...
Kylian Mbappé to donate all his World Cup winnings to children’s charity
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
When dealing with the reported 500,000-US-dollar award from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the newly minted World Cup winner Kylian Mbappé has decided to donate all of this to Premiers de Cordée, a charity that offers sporting opportunities to children who are...
Syrian deaf kids receive hope for life with Chinese embassy’s donation
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
Huzaifa and Sara, a four-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl, were both born deaf and have never heard the loving voice of their Syrian parents, chirping of birds or the melody of music. For their parents, the only dream in life is to see their beloved angles being...
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