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, Morozevich share lead

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran scored a brilliant victory over local hope Yannick Pelletier and joined top seed GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia at the top of the tables after the sixth round in......