A festival will be held in all 47 of Japan's prefectures, with the Relay running from August 13 to 25. At each event, a flame will be lit as part of a lightning ceremony and taken to local sightseeing ...

The Canadian Paralympic Committee has confirmed 55 athletes will make their first appearance at the Paralympics in the Japanese capital. The youngest is 17-year-old swimmer Nicholas Bennett, while ...

The gold was snatched by Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago of Brazil and the bronze went to Hannah Russell from Great Britain TOKYO, August 31. /TASS/. Russian swimmer Daria Pikalova won silver on Tuesday ...

TOKYO, September 1. /TASS/. Russian swimmer Viktoria Ishchiulova won gold on Wednesday at the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo in the women’s 50-meter freestyle S8 classification competition.

Plans for up to six refugee athletes to head to Japan Ileana Rodriguez, a former refugee and a London 2012 Paralympian, will be the team’s Chef de Mission Commercial partners Airbnb, Panasonic and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) warned Tokyo 2020 organisers on Friday that more accessible hotels and transport options must be found ahead of the showpiece event. IPC ...

To help those with vision impairments recognise the different Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medals by touch. A series of circular ...

When Oksana Masters crossed the finish line to capture her 10th Paralympic gold medal on March 6th, it was just another amazing chapter in a book filled with them.