The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Para Badminton World Championships will get underway this week with eyes already on the sport's Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020 next year.
Half of municipalities across Japan are expecting an increase in foreign visitors next summer when Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic Games.
Only one in five 17-to 19-year-olds in Japan have applied for tickets to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, while fewer than one in ten are trying to be volunteers, according to a new survey.
Six United States athletes aiming to qualify for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo next year have been named as members of a sponsorship programme backed by finance company Deloitte.
Next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo will transform Japanese society and significantly raise awareness of and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) according to the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) chief marketing and communications officer Craig Spence.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that a record 21 disciplines from 19 sports are set to be broadcast live from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The Russian men’s team survived three match points in an epic final against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Budapest before retaining their European Sitting Volleyball Championships title - and earning a Tokyo 2020 ticket.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics about to head into their final year of preparations, Mike Rowbottom speaks to IPC President Andrew Parsons about the most pressing concern and the hope for a lasting legacy.
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