Recent Reports

Coming off the back of a successful 2018 World Championships in Cheongju, South Korea, World Shooting Para Sport has revealed the host of the 2019 edition. Sydney, Australia, is next in line to welcome the top shooters from around the world next October, with detailed...

South Korea are preparing for their sixth International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Championships set to take place in Madrid, Spain, from 7-17 June, where they seek to reach the top five for the first time. They were drawn in Group C together...

JUBA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- As civil war and a biting economic crisis continue to ravage South Sudan, a group of blind South Sudanese in the capital Juba is using massage therapy to relieve people from body pains and stress. Established in 2013, Seeing Hands is a social...

GAZA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A football team of male amputees was recently formed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the first of its kind in the Israeli-blockaded coastal enclave. The 12-player team, named "The Heroes," is seen as a glimmer of hope for many young people with...

by Natasha Pavlopoulou ATHENS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- In the Ambelokipi district in central Athens, there is a special meeting point named Myrtillo -- a cafeteria and arts center which in 2014 received the award for "Social Enterprise of the Year in Greece." It is an...

As an American, I have never really paid attention to the Commonwealth Games (shocking, I know), but I have recently spent some time getting up to speed on one of the most unique events in the world. The Commonwealth Games is the largest competition in the world that...

Bibian Mentel-Spee got a hug from her mom, who turned to others nearby saying “that’s my baby.” Her son shed tears watching from the stands. Mentel-Spee’s accomplishment at PyeongChang 2018 left her family proud. And that family extended to the snowboard community....

In the first of our new series’ Para Athletics in Numbers’ we take a look at the stats behind world and Paralympic champion Aled Davies. The popular Welshman won shot put and discus F42 gold at last year’s World Championships to further cement his place at the top of...