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Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, comments in Brisbane, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, while meeting with organizers of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games. (AP Photo/John Pye)

Paralympic chief challenges Brisbane 2032 organizers to top the success of Sydney 2000

By John Pye - Associated Press

Paul McCartney performs at Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, on June 25, 2022. With an assist from Paul McCartney, the Paralympic Games starts its 100-day race Monday to the opening ceremony in Paris in August. (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Paul McCartney song starts Paralympics on 100-day countdown to opening ceremony in Paris

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Lee Reaney, a Canadian journalist working for the Kyiv Post, poses questions to the panel during the press conference following the official announcement that athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus, who were to compete as neutral athletes under the Paralympic flag, are no longer allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Joe Toth/OIS via AP)

As war rages, Paralympics open in Beijing without Russia

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo, members of Japan's national wheelchair basketball team warm up on the court during a grand opening ceremony of the Ariake Arena, a venue for volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and wheelchair basketball during the Paralympic Games, in Tokyo. The International Paralympic Committee has “cash flow” problems. But its President Andrew Parsons has ruled out going to the International Olympic Committee for help. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paralympics rule out going to IOC to solve cash-flow problem

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, a man walks past the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and Olympics in Tokyo. On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, the International Paralympic Committee confirmed the Paralympic marathons are staying in Tokyo, unlike the marathons for the Olympics, which have been moved north to the cooler city of Sapporo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paralympic marathon to stay in Tokyo; street party planned

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, a man walks past the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and Olympics in Tokyo. Ticket demand for the Tokyo Paralympics is at record levels. The unprecedented demand follows a similar surge in interest for the Tokyo Olympics. The president of the International Paralympic Committee said Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, there were 3.1 million tickets requests in the first lottery phase earlier this year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Same as Olympics: Tokyo Paralympic ticket demand tops supply

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Paralympic decision on Russia by end of the year

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Parsons of Brazil elected president of Paralympic movement

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