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Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar claims bronze in discus throw F52
Vinod Kumar won India's third medal on National Sports Day, claiming a bronze in discus throw F52 e…
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40 cops working at the Tokyo Paralympics have been sent home after they got drunk, brawled, and visited a brothel, says report
40 police officers delpoyed to guard the Tokyo Paralympics have been sent home, reported the Asahi …
Alia Shoaib
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games' first FMCG partner, Thums up, salutes the strength and resilience of Paralympic Athletes in latest campaign
The campaign is conceptualised by Ogilvy India
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Afghanistan was meant to send its first ever female Paralympian to Tokyo, but she's trapped in the country by the Taliban's resurgence
Taliban forces took the capital city of Kabul on Sunday and the country's airports have been floode…
Sam Cooper
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Eurosport India secures rights to broadcast Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games
Eurosport India shall be the exclusive pay TV partner in the SAARC countries
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Tokyo Paralympics: India's Praveen Kumar bags silver medal in high jump T64
Competing in his debut Paralympics, Kumar (18) set a new Asian record with a 2.07-metre ju…
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Afghan paralympic duo make it to Tokyo games after being evacuated from Afghanistan
Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli will now compete at the Paralympic Games after a campaign to ge…
Bethany Dawson
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India expecting 25-30 medals, at least 8-10 gold in Paralympics: PCI Vice-President
After the sporting extravaganza that was the Paris Olympics, the sporting action will continue with…
ANI
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Toyota suspends use of its self-driving buses after one accidentally hit a visually-impaired athlete in Tokyo's Paralympic Games village
The autonomous vehicles were shown off at the 2020 Tokyo Games, helping athletes travel to their ev…
Francis Agustin
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Krishna Nagar bags India’s second gold medal in badminton at Tokyo Paralympics
Krishna Nagar won India's second gold medal from the badminton courts and fifth overall, beating Ho…
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The hopes of Afghanistan's first female Paralympian dashed as she is unable to leave country
Zakia Khudadadi was supposed to make history as the first female Paralympian to represent Afghanist…
Bethany Dawson
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Paralympic Committee display Afghan flag during opening ceremony in 'solidarity' with athletes who were forced to withdraw due to Taliban takeover
Two Afghan athletes were scheduled to compete in the Paralympics this year, but they had to withdra…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Afghanistan's first female Paralympian gave a desperate plea for help to escape the Taliban and make it to Tokyo
Zakia Khudadadi was one of two Afghan athletes due to fly out, but has been unable to leave followi…
Sam Cooper
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India's discus thrower Vinod Kumar loses bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics after being found ineligible in for his disability classification
The 41-year-old BSF man, whose Army man father was injured during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, pr…
PTI
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Para shuttler Bhagat suspended for 18 months, to miss Paris Paralympics
Pramod Bhagat, Indian para shuttler and Tokyo 2020 gold medallist, was handed an 18-month suspensio…
PTI
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Japan recycled nearly 80,000 tons of cell phones and other electronics to make the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
I wouldn't start tearing apart electronics to extract their precious metals, however. Of the nearly…
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Paris Paralympics: Para-archers Harvinder Singh, Pooja Jatya advance to QFs of Mixed Team Recurve Open
Indian para-archers Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mixed Tea…
ANI
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Paralympics-bound Palak Kohli continues full training despite lockdown in Lucknow
New Delhi, May 17 () Locked in their homes or hostel rooms might be the story of most Indian athle…
PTI
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A Paralympian reportedly attacked and broke the rib of a hotel security guard after being asked to keep quiet late at night
The Georgian judoka has had a criminal complaint against them filed with police in Tokyo, while the…
Barnaby Lane
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Paris Paralympics: Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in Men's Discus Throw F56 final, Kumar Nitesh clinches gold
Indian para-athlete Yogesh Kathuniya bagged the eighth medal for team India in the ongoing Paris Pa…