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Johannesburg — Imprisoned former Paralympic gold medalist and Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was up for parole on Friday. The South African parole board was to meet to decide if the Olympic …
The United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile on Thursday night. Not only are the Americans champions of this event, …
The Canadian wheelchair rugby team is brimming with confidence at the Parapan Am Games in Santiago, Chile after defeating their American rivals 46-41, securing first place in the preliminary round …
Kyle Tremblay has locked up a Paralympic quota spot for Canada in Para archery. He also has a chance to leave the Parapan Am Games with a medal around his …
Canada opened the 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup with a victory over Brazil on Monday in Cairo. No. 2 Canada got its toughest competition out of the way in its …
When Esther Overton had both her legs amputated about one year ago, her friends and family doubted whether the 33-year-old Paralympian could come out of retirement to begin swimming again. …
Danielle Ellis doesn’t remember exactly when she inherited the captaincy of Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team — it was either 2017 or 2018. But she knows that she felt nervous filling …
Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Evan O’Hanlon has announced his immediate retirement after 18 years sprinting for Australia. O’Hanlon won medals at the four most-recent Paralympic Games over 100m and 200m. …
Among Paralympic sports, boccia is one of a kind. Some have compared it to curling. Others have likened it to lawn bowling. But there is no true able-bodied equivalent to …