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WATCH: Tipperary songwriter's Raise Me Up in spectacular closing ceremony at Paralympics

Tipperary songwriter and composer Brendan Graham's classic You Raise Me Up was featured at the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics in Beijing. Brendan, from Nenagh, also had the song featured in last year's global EXPO in Dubai. "It’s one of ...

28 Mar 2022 at 20:33

Sport

A closer look at Great Britain’s hottest Winter Paralympics medal prospects

ParalympicsGB has selected 25 athletes across four sports for Beijing 2022. The team – GB’s biggest for a winter Games since Lillehammer in 1994 – will compete between March 4-13 in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowboarding and curling. Here, the ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

Sport

Great Britain to send team of 25 athletes to Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing

Great Britain will send a team of 25 athletes to the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. ParalympicsGB has confirmed its biggest team since Lillehammer in 1994 after announcing 20 skiing and snowboard competitors alongside the five wheelchair ...

22 Feb 2022 at 11:25

Sport

Neil Simpson celebrates landmark gold for Great Britain at Winter Paralympics

Neil Simpson won Great Britain’s first gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics in the men’s Super-G vision-impaired class and then hailed sharing the “special” moment with guide and brother Andrew. Scotland’s Simpson brothers finished nearly ...

06 Mar 2022 at 09:55

Sport

TeamGB win first gold medal at 2022 Paralympics

Neil Simpson has claimed Great Britain’s first gold medal of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in the men’s Super-G vision impaired class alongside his guide and brother Andrew Simpson. The pair clocked 1:08.91 to finish nearly half a second ...

06 Mar 2022 at 07:55

Sport

Russian Paralympic team to leave Beijing after opting against lodging an appeal

Russia’s Paralympic team are returning home from Beijing after deciding not to appeal against the decision to ban their athletes from competing. The International Paralympic Committee performed a U-turn on Thursday morning when it ...

04 Mar 2022 at 11:25

Paralympics

Dame Sarah Storey to make history in Paris by competing at ninth Paralympics

Dame Sarah Storey will become the first British athlete to compete at nine Paralympic Games after being named in a 17-strong cycling team for Paris 2024. The 46-year-old surpassed former swimmer Mike Kenny as GB’s most successful ...

22 Jul 2024 at 14:00

Paralympics

Paralympics day one: Great Britain look to start gold rush early

Once the smoke left by the fireworks at Wednesday’s opening ceremony has cleared the action at the Paralympic Games will get under way in Paris on Thursday. Here the PA news agency gets you up to speed with all you need to know. ...

29 Aug 2024 at 04:30

Paralympics

Richard Whitehead says Paralympians should be in the spotlight for longer

Two-time Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead believes disability is “lagging behind” other minority groups and needs more than just fleeting moments in the spotlight. With 99 days until the start of the 2024 Paralympic Games ...

21 May 2024 at 15:24

Will Bayley says it was good he spoke out on Strictly as he mulls I’m A Celeb

Will Bayley insists ongoing controversy surrounding Strictly Come Dancing has not been a distraction ahead of the Paralympics and he would relish a spell in the jungle on his return from Paris. The table tennis star tore knee ...

14 Aug 2024 at 16:29

Sport

Sir Mo Farah leads calls for Government to give children greater access to sport

Sir Mo Farah, Keely Hodgkinson, Adam Peaty and Hannah Cockroft are among the Olympic and Paralympic champions who have signed a letter to the Prime Minister demanding he act to “put children first”. The document, delivered ...

20 Nov 2024 at 14:14

Life

Paralympic champion Lora Fachie shares her difficulties with breastfeeding

Paralympic champion Lora Fachie has revealed the difficult journey she experienced with trying to breastfeed her son Fraser and urged other mums not to feel guilty at using formula milk. Fachie, who won gold at the Tokyo ...

26 Jan 2023 at 07:21

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