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World Para Athletics Championships Broadcast On Nine

Paralympic gold medallists James Turner and Vanessa Low will lead the quest for glory at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships. The 20-strong team, which includes a mix of mainstays and relative newcomers, will see some athletes fight to earn a top two finish to secure all-important quota spots for Australia’s Paralympic Games campaign. ...

No ‘Amber Light’ For Merritts’ Loyalty

Gliders star Amber Merritt understands the rivalry between Australia and Great Britain better than most. Australia’s hopes of making the quarter-finals of the women’s wheelchai

Best Mates To Battle It Out On Day 4

Fierce rivals in the pool but best mates out of the water, Grant ‘Scooter’ Patterson and Ahmed Kelly headline action at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Friday. In what has become

Day 3 Wrap: Plenty Of Aussies In Action As Competi...

here were 12 sports in action across Day 3 of the Tokyo Paralympic Games with the competition firing up across the city for many athletes as they edged closer to medal matches.

Happy, relieved, and emotional

Emma Booth struggled to find the words to express her gratitude after finishing her Dressage Individual Test and earning a second ride in the Individual Freestyle Championship. Hum

Steelers Enter Knockout Phase In “Up and Down”...

The Australian Steelers have snuck into the semi-finals at Tokyo 2020 on a countback, despite their second loss from three matches on Friday against Japan.

Guaranteed Aussie Medals For Para-table Tennis Sta...

Australia’s Para-table tennis athletes will be chasing gold as a historic Friday in Tokyo secured four guaranteed medals, heading into Saturday’s first of three days of finals.