Belarus delegate banned for carrying Russian flag at Paralympics opening

IMAGE: The Russian flag is held up as athletes from Belarus take part in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters A member of the Belarus......

Belarus delegate carries Russian flag during Rio opening ceremony

IMAGE: Athletes from Belarus take part in the opening ceremony. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters. The Belarus team carried Russia's flag as well as their own at the Paralympic Games opening......

Russian athletes blocked from competing as neutrals at Paralympics

IMAGE: Russian Paralympic torchbearer Aleksey Ashapatov attends a training session at Yunost sports ground in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. Photograph: Kazbek Basayev/Files/Reuters.......

Russia sees politics behind Paralympics ban, vows to appeal

Russia blamed politics for a decision to bar its Paralympians from next month's Rio Games because of a state-sponsored doping programme, saying on Monday it would take legal measures to try to......

Sasikiran maintains second position

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran settled for an easy draw against Etienne Bacrot of France to maintain his second position after the fifth round of the Grandmaster section in the 37th Biel......