Azerbaijani judoka wins silver at Rio Paralympics
Azerbaijani judoka Bayram Mustafayev (66 kg) has won silver medal in the 15th Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Trend reported. He was defeated by Utkirjon Nigmatov of Uzbekistan in the finals. …
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Maria Zakharova: the support of Azerbaijan is very important for us
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, addressed Azerbaijan, the Republican Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Paralympic Committee today with words of gratitude for the fact that Baku refused to …
Moscow thanks Baku for supporting Russian Paralympians
Russia is grateful to Baku, Azerbaijani citizens and colleagues for their response, for their understanding the injustice towards the Russian Paralympians, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, Trend …
Zakharova: Belarusian who carried Russian flag at Rio Paralympics is a ‘hero’
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called a representative of Belarus who carried a Russian flag at the Paralympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro "a hero." …
Belarusian Paralympic team carries Russian flag in support of banned athletes
Belarusian athletes carried the Russian flag during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games to express solidarity with the Russian team, which was banned from the event. The protest went ahead despite a threat of sanctions from officials, RT …
Azerbaijan officially gives up three paralympic licenses
According to the press service for the Ministry of Youth and Sports that Azerbaijan rejected three licenses, issued to it due to the ban on participation of Russian Paralympic athletes in Brazil, News.az reports. Earlier, …
International Paralympic Committee dismisses requests from 34 Russian Para athletes
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has dismissed requests from 34 Russian athletes who filed requests to be allowed to take part in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, sports lawyer Artyom Patsev …
Swiss Federal Court rejects Russian appeal to participate in Paralympics
Switzerland’s highest court has refused to overturn a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to ban Russian athletes from taking part in next month’s Rio Paralympics – meaning Russia has now exhausted its legal …
Russian Paralympic athletes to compete in Moscow region in September
The tournament for Russia’s Paralympians that have been suspended from the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio will take place at sports facilities of the Moscow region on September 7, the President of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) …
Russia may not hold Winter Paralympics 2018
Vice-President of the Russian Paralympic Committee, the 13-times Paralympic champion Rima Batalova stated today that the International Paralympic Committee still has not announce the ICR criteria to restore …
Lukin: competitions for Russian Paralympians to be held in early September
Competitions for the Russian Para athletes, who have been banned from the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, will be held at the beginning of September before the start of the Paralympic tournaments in Rio, Vladimir Lukin, the …
17 more Russian Paralympians appeal to IPC
17 more Russian Paralympians have sent letters to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), asking to be allowed to participate in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a lawyer that represents the athletes Artem Patsev …
Crimea is ready to host alternative Paralympics, official says
Crimea is ready to host alternative competitions for Russian athletes banned from the Paralympic, the chairman of the Crimea Olympic Committee Yevgeny Mikhailov said. "Crimea is ready to host competitions of any …
Sochi will be happy to host alternative Paralympics, mayor says
Sochi will be happy to host special competitions for those Russian athletes who were banned from the Paralympics, Sochi mayor Anatoly Pakhomov said in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal …
Russian Foreign Ministry: CAS decision on Russian Paralympic team is hypocritical
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the CAS decision to uphold the ban on the Russian Paralympic team. "The CAS decision is inhumane and breaches the rights of people with …
Removing a strong rival?
Russia shocked by ‘cynical & political’ CAS ruling on Paralympic team ban
CAS leaves Russian Paralympians no chance
Today the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced a final decision not to allow the Russian athletes to compete at the Paralympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, despite the appeal of the Russian side on the decision of the International …
Russia banned from Paralympics in Rio
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on August 23 dismissed an appeal by the Russian Paralympic Committee against its suspension by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The IPC suspended the Russian Paralympic Committee on …
Many fewer doping cases in Paralympic team than in Olympic team
The Russian Paralympic Committee guarantees the 'purity' of the athletes who will take part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Vladimir Lukin: ‘’Only the weak are swayed by sentiment’’
The head of the RPC commented on the situation around the Russian Paralympic Team
