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International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons claims people with disabilities have been ‘left behind’ and believes the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will play a key role in changing the way they are treated in society.…

The last batch of Team Nigeria athletes to the Tokyo Paralympic Games departed the shores of Nnamdi Azikwe international Airport, via an Ethiopian Airline. The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, was at the airport to…

The Tokyo Paralympics will be held under "very difficult" circumstances, organisers said on Friday, with hospitals in the host city overstretched as Japan battles its worse wave of COVID-19 infections, driven by the Delta variant. With…

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit Japan to attend the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opening ceremony. He is expected to arrive in Japan on August 23. The Tokyo Paralympics will take place generally without…

Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi made a plea for help as she sought to escape Kabul and revive her dream of becoming the country's first female competitor at a Paralympic Games in Japan. The Afghanistan Paralympic Committee (APC) said on…

With less than a week to the commencement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Team Nigeria athletes have assured of an impressive outing in Tokyo. "We have been training seriously to make sure we meet up with the standard we set at previous…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has constituted a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding 10 athletes of Team Nigeria becoming ineligible to contest at the just-concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympics in…

British sprinter CJ Ujah said he is "not a cheat" after a positive drugs test that could see his country stripped of their Olympic silver medal won in the 4x100m relay event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The 27-year-old ran the first…

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will be held mostly without spectators, as Japan's capital remains under emergency lockdown amid a surge in COVID-19 infections. Organisers agreed late on Thursday to limit spectators at the Paralympic…

Nigerian Olympian Odunayo Adekuoroye is grateful to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, for the role he played as a father figure before, during and after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Adekuoroye stated she is…