GOOGLE has marked the start of the Rio Paralympics with a special Doodle. The colourful moving animation shows athletes taking part in various sports including weightlifting and swimming. This is the 15th Paralympics and will feature 174 nations with 528 events in 22 sports – with triathlon and canoeing being the new entries. You can […]
THE Paralympics kicks off another 12 days of brilliant sporting action in Rio de Janeiro today. It’s been just two weeks since another riveting edition of the Olympic Games came to a close. The 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro went down a storm, with Team GB running out as the second best nation in […]
PRINCE Harry has made a personal donation to a crowdfunding campaign aimed at getting Brazilian kids in the stands for the Paralympics. The 31-year-old gave an undisclosed sum to the online #Filltheseats drive which is raising money to enable 10,000 children to see the Rio Games live. Rock band Coldplay are among those supporting the […]
LEE PEARSON says it is honour to carry the British flag at the Paralympics as an openly-gay man. The equestrian rider will lead out the GB squad tonight for the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Hockey ace Kate Richardson-Walsh, who is married to team-mate Helen, carried the flag at the closing ceremony […]
A HERO soldier “torn to pieces” by a bomb blast in Afghanistan is set to become the face of the Paralympics. Lance Corporal JJ Chalmers was left fighting for his life after the explosion in 2011 which claimed the lives of two soldiers and left nine others maimed or traumatised. The 28-year-old suffered injuries to […]