South Africa will host the wheelchair basketball qualifiers for the 2020 Para Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in August. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) made the changes in an announcement on Wednesday, which means that Kenyan men's and...
Recent Reports
Kenya set to host Africa Deaf Athletics Championships in Nairobi
29 March 2019 | Recent Reports
Over 25 countries are expected to converge in Nairobi for this year's Africa Deaf Athletics championship, which will run from Sept. 16 to 22. It will be the first time that Kenya will be staging the competition, aiming to get the stadium full to capacity and recreate...
UN calls for funding to grant more disabled children quality education
29 March 2019 | Recent Reports
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for investments in the availability and affordability of assistive technologies such as special tablets and lightweight wheelchairs, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. "Evidence points to millions of children with...
Dylan Alcott aces Australia Day
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
An emotional Dylan Alcott claimed the Australian Open quad wheelchair title for a fifth straight year, crowned champion in front of a huge home crowd in Melbourne on Australia Day. Alcott downed US rival David Wagner 6-4, 7-6(2) in a see-sawing final on Rod Laver...
Alpine Worlds 2019: Ski wax maestros
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
Down on the concrete slabs of the underground parking of a hotel packed with Para alpine skiers, burly men in aprons are hard at work with the smell of melted wax lingering in the air and drilling noises cutting through the pounding rhythms of a boombox. As the...
Alpine Worlds 2019: The perfect tribute
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
It was a moment for the family photo album - Canadian Para alpine skier Frederique Turgeon slumped on one knee at the finish line of her first World Championships, exhausted and emotional, as she realised the enormity of what she had just achieved. A month ago, Ronald...
South Korea beat Italy in PyeongChang rematch
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
Ten months after the historic Para ice hockey Paralympic bronze medal in PyeongChang, South Korea met Italy again. This time on Italian ice, in the final of the Torino International Tournament. The result was another action-packed match and one more Korean victory in...
Alberto Simonelli breaks own world record
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
Alberto Simonelli’s accuracy appears even sharper ahead of June’s World Archery Para Championships in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The Italian Paralympic and Worlds medallist shot a new Para archery world record at the Nimes Archery Tournament held from 18-20...
Skiers reveal what it takes to race in the speed events
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
It takes a certain kind of person to propel themselves on a sit ski off a steep mountain slope with a vertical drop of 480 metres at more than 100 kilometres per hour. The downhill competition at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Sella Nevea, Italy is...
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