Paralympic Games

SINGAPORE: Four more athletes, including Singapore's first representative in para-powerlifting Nur 'Aini Mohamad Yasli, have been selected to compete in next month's Paralympic Games. Equestrians Laurentia Tan, who is a silver medallist at the Games, as well as Gemma Foo and Maximillian Tan, have also been chosen to represent the country, the Singapore National Paralympic Council announced on Friday (Jul 9). Nur 'Aini, who is the first woman on Singapore's national para-powerlifting team, thanked her mother for being her "main pillar of support"

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) today reiterated its total commitment to maintaining continuous dialogue with the IOC's Future Host Commission as it moves forward in its bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time. The QOC presented its initial plans to the Future Host Commission on 3 February 2021 as part of the continuous dialogue phase of the IOC's new bid process. The QOC showcased how its bid is fully aligned with Qatar's National Vision 2030 to advance Human,

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Mary Wilson fears the coronavirus pandemic could have robbed her of her dream to play Badminton at the Paralympics. Wilson, who hoped to qualify for Tokyo 2020, says if she does make it to Japan next year it will “be the biggest thing ever” but she recognizes time may not be on her side. The 56-year-old Scot has faced -- and overcome -- some astonishing challenges since being diagnosed with MS, a chronic neurological condition, in 2004. She survived an

After not affiliating the country's state-sponsored doping scheme, the players will compete as unaffiliated athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In PyeongChang, 168 Russians competed as Olympic Athletes from Russia. After being banned from the 2018 Games, Russia initiated the Russian Anti-Doping Agency but the officials were caught earlier this year manipulating data from its Moscow anti-doping laboratory and misleading WADA investigators. Meanwhile, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, has said the Olympic governing body must abide by WADA's decision.