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Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’: UNHCR chief
27 august 2024 - 04:48:28Paris, France (PANA) - With Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening on Wednesday, 28 August, this year’s Refugee Paralympic Team is gearing [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympic Games: UN urges peace and respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin
27 july 2024 - 05:30:37Paris, France (PANA) - As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics got under way in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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Refugee Paralympic Team heading to Paris
10 july 2024 - 06:40:24Bonn, Germany (PANA) - Eight athletes and one guide runner are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games [...] Full text...
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Over 8,000 people, including sports and health champions, join 5th WHO Walk the Talk
28 may 2024 - 07:29:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fifth edition of Walk the Talk: The Health Challenge for All, organised by the World [...] Full text...
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Botswana: President Khama says banning Russian paralympians is 'draconian'
10 august 2016 - 07:38:00Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has condemned the decision of the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) to ban all Russian Paralympic [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Paralympics committee preps Rwanda's women volley team for Rio 2016
02 june 2016 - 16:54:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's National Paralympics Committee (NPC) on Thursday announced stepped-up efforts in preparation of the women Sitting [...] Full text...
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Jonathan laments death of Nigerian paralympic gold medallist
15 august 2013 - 18:11:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, has described the death of Nigerian Paralympic gold medallist, Mrs. Joy Onaolapo, [...] Full text...
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Pistorious’ bail hearing resumes in SA
19 february 2013 - 11:10:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Paralympic and Olympic running star Oscar Pistorius again broke down in court [...] Full text...
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Pistorious appears in SA court
15 february 2013 - 11:34:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An extremely emotional Oscar Pistorious sobbed uncontrollably ahead of his bail hearing at a [...] Full text...
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SA Olympic hero arrested after fatal shooting
14 february 2013 - 10:56:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s famous paralympian Oscar Pistorious is in police custody after killing his model [...] Full text...
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Nigeria rewards victorious Paralympians, footballers
16 september 2012 - 10:07:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has announced cash rewards ranging from 500,000 naira (about US$3,000) to 5 million naira (about [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's President to host medal-winning Paralympians Saturday
12 september 2012 - 19:06:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria will Saturday host the country's victorious delegation to the just-concluded 2012 [...] Full text...
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Angolan Paralympics team to return Wednesday
11 september 2012 - 10:06:58Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's team to the just-concluded Paralympics in London is due back in the country Wednesday, after [...] Full text...
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Zuma salutes SA’s Paralympics
10 september 2012 - 11:55:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Monday congratulated the South African Paralympics team on its [...] Full text...
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2012 London Paralympics: Africa's physically-challenged outshine able-bodied counterparts
09 september 2012 - 13:45:29Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ten African nations have won a total of 112 medals at the 2012 Paralympics in London, [...] Full text...
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2012 Paralympics: 10 African nations on medals table
05 september 2012 - 11:13:16Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ten African nations have won medals at the ongoing 2012 Paralympics in London, a little more [...] Full text...
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Cape Town issues shark warning to beach users
05 september 2012 - 09:05:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The City of Cape Town in South Africa has warned beach users of increased [...] Full text...
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London Paralympics: African countries haul 39 medals, improve on medals standing
03 september 2012 - 17:43:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - No fewer than seven African countries have continued to improve on the medals standing, wining 39 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria papers highlight stolen oil money, power minister's resignation
01 september 2012 - 11:25:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Stolen oil money totalling US$400 billion since independence in 1960, President Goodluck Jonathan's pledge to fix [...] Full text...
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London Paralympics: Nigeria wins 2nd gold
01 september 2012 - 09:42:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Ivory Nwokorie Friday won a gold medal in the women's 44kg powerlifting event at the [...] Full text...
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2012 London Paralympics: 4 African countries on the medals table after two days
31 august 2012 - 12:59:55Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Four African countries - Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa - have made it to the [...] Full text...
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2012 Paralympics: Nigeria's Adesokan breaks own world record, wins powerlifting gold
31 august 2012 - 09:18:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria twice broke the world record as he clinched the gold medal on [...] Full text...
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4 Rwandan athletes qualify for 2012 London Olympics, Paralympics
19 march 2012 - 11:41:52Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Four Rwandan athletes have qualified for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Ministry of [...] Full text...
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BP sponsors Angolan athletes to 2012 London Paralympics
29 july 2011 - 11:50:49Luanda, Angola (PANA) - British Petroleum (BP) is to sponsor Angola's team to the 2012 London Paralympics, according to Angola's [...] Full text...
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Senegalese soccer stars, Diouf, Camara to grace Gambia sports awards
01 july 2011 - 19:08:03Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The President of the Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia (SJAG), Sainabou Kujabi-Njie, on Friday confirmed [...] Full text...
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Angola to host African Paralympics headquarters
30 october 2010 - 11:57:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) â" Angola will host the Afri-can headquarters of the Paral ympics Committee when chairpersons of the Continental [...] Full text...
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Angola makes debut in Amputeesâ? World Cup
22 september 2010 - 22:02:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national amputeesâ? football team will part icipate in the world championship to be played [...] Full text...
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