Paralympics News - Latest Updates & Headlines

When you win...: Union Sports Min Mandaviya lauds Team India on PD Champions Trophy win

New Delhi, January 24: Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lauded Team India for securing the physically disabled (PD) Champions Trophy title, saying that when the team wins, the country as a whole wins. He also highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for the differently-abled people under which everyone gets equal rights to develop themselves.

Arjuna Awardee Rubina Francis opens up on Paris Paralympics 2024 comeback

New Delhi, January 24: Paris Paralympics Games 2024 bronze medalist Rubina Francis recently appeared on the House of Glory podcast, an initiative by the Gagan Narang Sports Foundation. In the conversation, she also expressed her feelings about being conferred the Arjuna Award this year for her achievements at both national and international levels.

Everything was planned so that I cannot take any action, alleges Yogesh Kathuniya over Khel Ratna snub

New Delhi, Jan 16: Reflecting on his decision to move the court over his exclusion from the list of Khel Ratna Awardees for 2024, two-time Paralympic silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya has claimed that the National Sports Awards list was released on January 2, deliberately coinciding with the week when the courts were closed, alleging that this timing was planned to prevent him from taking any action.

EFI to host India's first Para-Dressage World Challenge in 2025

New Delhi, Jan 6: The Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) will host the Para-Dressage World Challenge 2025 in October for the first time at the Modi Equestrian Academy in Meerut (North Zone) and Surge Stables in Bengaluru (South Zone) in October. With a vision to create India’s first-ever representation at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics, the EFI also organised the first-ever FEI-backed Para-Dressage Workshop at the Modi Equestrian Academy in Meerut from January 4-5.