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REVEALED: Olympic athletes WON’T need Covid-19 vaccine for Tokyo 2020 games, they can only ‘clap rather than cheer and sing’ when watching team-mates and they MUST avoid bars and public transport There have been growing fears over whether Olympics can take place in summer There has been a recent spike in infections in Japan and … Read more
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
Shuffling around the exercise compound in a grim penitentiary, a bearded young man, humiliatingly clad in baggy orange overalls stamped with the word ‘CORRECTIONAL’, draws on a cigarette. Virtually the only white prisoner among hundreds of black inmates serving time for every imaginable crime, Oscar Pistorius has become a tormented, self-pitying figure. A born-again Christian, … Read more
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
GB Paralympian star Jonnie Peacock praises surgeon who amputated his leg at five, saying: ‘no human ever wants to take a limb from a child’ – as the doctor admits ‘it was a very tough call’ British sprinter had his right leg amputated after contracting meningitis at five At the 2012 London Games, Peacock memorably … Read more
The Duke of Sussex has made his Netflix debut in a new documentary as he urged society to ‘encourage and accept’ people with disabilities. Prince Harry, 35, who is currently living in a $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara, has a starring role in a new Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, which was released today and … Read more
‘I may have to cut off a leg’: Wheelchair user, 17, is told he is ‘not disabled enough’ to compete for Britain’s Paralympic team Oscar Knight, 17, dreamed of spot on Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball team Rule change means he may have to amputate leg to compete internationally He was nine when he began suffering … Read more
Team GB wheelchair basketball player is considering amputating his leg to make him eligible to compete in the 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Wheelchair basketballer George Bates has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Left him in agony with restricted movement and power and muscle wastage Bates told he’s not able to compete in Paralympics as his condition … Read more
Jerome Cawkwell, pictured, rode a motorbike with defective front brakes when he ran into nine year old Max Clark in Hull on May 25 A cannabis-smoking motorcyclist was today jailed for three years after he knocked down a nine-year-old schoolboy gymnast leaving him with life changing injuries. Dock labourer Jerome Cawkwell, 24, tested positive for … Read more
Former F1 driver who became a paralympic wheelchair racer is in an induced coma following hand-bike crash – 20 years after car accident that left him paralysed Former F1 competitor Alex Zanardi was involved in a horrific crash in Tuscany The Italian Paralympic champion was hit by a truck during a national race Zanardi is … Read more