The Paralympic flag is waved by Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, right, following the hand over by Sir Philip Craven, centre, watched by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson during the closing ...

United States Olympic Committee to Deliver Online Coverage of All Live Events at TeamUSA.org Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony to Air September 7 at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN Coverage Highlighted by Events ...

Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – To rousing cheers and a standing ovation, two para-athletes who faced the additional challenge of being displaced from their homeland made history on Wednesday leading the ...

The initiative, established in conjunction with advertising agency BBDO Canada, includes the first workout series led entirely by Canadian Paralympians. It features 14 Rio 2016-bound Paralympians from ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Para-triathlon is a growing sport among people with physical disabilities. In fact, for the first time, the sport will be part of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Chicago's Dare2tri was ...