Paralympian Ade Adepitan and wife Linda Harrison welcome baby

Paralympian Ade Adepitan, 47, and his singer wife Linda Harrison, 30, announce birth of ‘beautiful’ baby son By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 13:06 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 13:06 GMT, 5 January 2021 Paralympian and TV presenter Ade Adepitan MBE and his singer wife Linda Harrison, who goes the stage name Elle Exxe, … Read more

Paralympian Dylan Alcott says he wasn’t sure anyone would love him ‘because he was in a wheelchair’

Paralympian Dylan Alcott says he ‘questioned whether anyone would love him because he was in a wheelchair’ as he poses on the cover of Stellar magazine with his stunning sexologist girlfriend Chantelle Otten By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:05 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 05:05 GMT, 4 December 2020 He has … Read more

Iran Paralympian facing execution asked why gyms closed, not shrines

Wheelchair-bound athlete ‘faces the death penalty’ in Iran after being arrested for questioning why gyms were closed due to covid but not mosques Religious hardliners burst into gym of powerlifter Reza Tabrizi and arrested him Tabrizi said it was ‘hypocritical’ to keep shrines open but close gyms in Mashad   A video shows Tabrizi struggling to … Read more

Wheelchair Rugby Paralympian Ryley Batt credits elite Games for helping him accept his disability

Netflix’s new documentary Rising Phoenix explores the history of the Paralympic Games, and the stories of eight incredible Paralympians from across the globe. Australian wheelchair rugby player Ryley Batt, 31, is one of them. Born without legs, and refusing to use a wheelchair until he was twelve, the now two-time gold medalist credits the Paralympics for pulling him … Read more

Strictly’s Paralympian Will Bayley is a keen supporter of the NHS heroes battling coronavirus

Paralympian Will Bayley was born with arthrogryposis, a condition that affects all four limbs, and was diagnosed with cancer when he was seven.  He began playing table tennis during his recovery and went on to represent Great Britain at the Paralympics, achieving world number one ranking in 2012 and winning a silver medal in London … Read more

Tory peer and Paralympian Lord Holmes accused of sexual assault

A Conservative peer and former British Paralympic champion groped a masseuse’s bottom and asked her if she ‘did extras’ as he pointed at his crotch, a court heard. Lord Christopher Holmes of Richmond MBE, 48, is accused of sexually assaulting a female masseuse during a 90-minute rubdown last March.  Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmer, who … Read more