Multi award winning athlete Dame Sarah Storey is one of the most successful Paralympic British sports personalities of all time. The Manchunian sport star – who has competed in the pool, on the track, and in cycling – has never let her personal adversities stand in the way of her own success and she has […]
DAME SARAH STOREY touched down at Heathrow with the rest of Great Britain’s Paralympian heroes and claimed Rio was just as good as London in 2012. Team GB’s most decorated female Paralympic athlete and the rest of her team-mates were greeted by huge crowds of friends, family and fans after their most successful Games since 1988 – winning 147 […]
IT’S little surprise the game was originally called “murderball.” And for the millions of Paralympics fans around the world, today is a good day – it’s the start of the wheelchair rugby tournament. The 12,000 capacity arena that will host the sport in Rio is completely sold out for every game. The physical nature of […]
ELLIE SIMMONDS last night relinquished her grip on her favourite Paralympics event. The popular 21-year-old won gold in the S6 400metre freestyle at both the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games. But the swimming superstar was unable to achieve a hat-trick of titles in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio. As suspected, Simmonds came off […]
THIS goal scored at the Rio Paralympics is one Lionel Messi would be proud of. Iran 5-a-side blind footballer Behzad Zadaliasghari dribbled around the entire Morocco team before firing past the keeper for the goal of the tournament so far. Picking up the ball at the side of the pitch, Zadaliasghari regains his balance by putting a […]