As of 2024 the torch relay for the Paralympics will begin at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The ninth Stoke Mandeville Games were held outside the UK for the first time in 1960, coinciding with the ...

Mascots have been an important part of the Paralympic Games and help spread the joy and excitement of Para sports. Ever since the first mascots – a pair of squirrels – were introduced at Arnhem 1980, ...

The highlight of 2024's sporting calendar was, without doubt, the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, where big stars shone ...

Eighteen-year-old Will Ellard has high medal hopes at the Paris Paralympic Games An 18-year-old has been preparing to take on the world's toughest competition at his first Paralympic Games.

Both areas have previously hosted fan zones for the Olympics, but this is the first ... the Paralympics. Organisers say there will also be opportunities to meet Paralympians from previous Games ...

These 1960 Stoke Mandeville Games are considered to be the first of the official Paralympic Games, however the only disability that was included was spinal cord injury. Those first Paralympics in ...

On Thursday, Petkar was nominated for the Arjuna Award in the Lifetime category by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport, ...