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2024 Paralympic Games: medals, calendar, athletes… All the information
The Paralympic Games began on August 28 with great ambition for the French. Summary Twenty-two para sports are on the Paralympic Games programme for a total of 549 events, spread…
Ghana: Athletes still seeking support, one year after the first Para-African Games in Accra
Nearly a year after the very first African Paralympic Games, in Accra in September 2023, what is the situation for Ghanaian disabled sports? Report from one of the tennis courts…
Decisions made in volleyball put top sport first – “Motivated athletes cannot be bought with money” | Sport
The men’s national volleyball team’s place in next year’s World Championships did not come as a surprise to the team. Finland’s ranking was good enough throughout the summer that it…
Paralympics: why athletes with intellectual disabilities are so underrepresented
The approximately 4,400 disabled athletes are preparing to participate in the 17th edition of the Paralympic Games, which are being held in Paris until September 8. Among them, those with…
Paralympics 2024: excitement builds among athletes and organizers
The Paris Paralympic Games begin this Wednesday, and will be the first to be held in France since their creation in 1960. The 237 para-athletes of the French team hope…
Kiteen Pallo and Pattijoki’s athletes to the quarterfinals | Sports in a nutshell
The men’s Superpesi quarterfinals start next weekend. Imatra’s Pallo-Veikko men’s season in Superpesis ended on Thursday with a home loss against Kiteen Pallo 0–2 (1–3, 4–7). KiPa made it to…
ANSES warns: food supplements for athletes expose you to major risks
News Published on 07/18/2024 at 11:50 a.m. updated on 07/18/2024 at 11:50 a.m. Reading 2 min. To build muscle mass or reduce fat mass, many enriched food supplements claim to…
Sports Short week 33: Wiebes misses out on victory again, two Amersfoort athletes to U20 World Cup
CYCLING At the start of Tour de France femmes on Monday afternoon, seven women from Utrecht were at the start. European champion Mischa Bredewold from Hoogland, Mijdrecht sprinter Lorena Wiebes,…
Sports Short week 33: Amersfoort athletes to U20 World Cup, Manschot as VAR Europe in
CYCLING At the start of Tour de France femmes on Monday afternoon, seven women from Utrecht were at the start. European champion Mischa Bredewold from Hoogland, Mijdrecht sprinter Lorena Wiebes,…
Objective achieved for the French delegation at the Paris Olympics: “The athletes were supported and boosted by the public”
France finished the Olympic Games in 5th place in the hierarchy with 64 medals, including 16 gold. The French delegation beat its previous records, respectively set in Beijing in 2008…