20:09 11/03/2014 
Russia’s underdog sledge hockey team stunned the United States in a 2-1 win at the Sochi Paralympics on Tuesday amid sporting and political tension between the two countries.
20:09 11/03/2014 
The Paralympic version of ice hockey was included in the program in 1994. Sledge hockey players compete on sledges specifically designed for the game.
19:25 11/03/2014 
With her willowy figure and smouldering stare, supermodel Natalia Vodianova is the epitome of modern beauty for many in her native Russia. But what if she had a prosthetic leg?
16:20 11/03/2014 
Ukraine’s Vitaliy Lukyanenko won his second race at the Sochi Paralympic Games on Tuesday, shining at the 12.5-kilometer visually impaired biathlon.
16:10 11/03/2014 
Russia's domination at the Sochi Paralympics biathlon track continued as Mikhalina Lysova clinched her second gold of the Games on Tuesday.
14:30 11/03/2014 
Azat Karachurin continued host nation Russia’s rich vein of form in Sochi Paralympic biathlon Tuesday, striking gold in the men’s 12.5-kilometer standing race.
14:01 11/03/2014 
Russia’s Alena Kaufman grabbed her second gold at the Sochi Paralympics on Tuesday, winning the biathlon 10-kilometer standing event.
13:08 11/03/2014 
Russia’s Roman Petushkov claimed his third gold medal at the Sochi Paralympic Games on Tuesday, leading a host nation podium sweep in the biathlon 12.5-kilometer sitting event.
11:51 11/03/2014 
Germany’s Anja Wicker emerged victorious after thick fog caused chaos at the shooting range in the Sochi Paralympic women’s 10-kilometer sitting biathlon.
02:40 11/03/2014 
Monday at the Sochi Paralympics saw Britain win its first-ever gold medal at a Winter Games, while for Canadian skier Brian McKeever, victory was positively routine as he claimed his eighth gold.
22:21 10/03/2014 
The Russian wheelchair curling team joined Canada at the top of the round robin table at the Sochi Paralympics, winning two games on the third day of competition Monday.
15:29 10/03/2014 
Russia’s Elena Remizova won a race containing just four athletes to take Paralympic gold in the women’s 15km cross-country ski event for visually impaired athletes.
13:41 10/03/2014 
Germany's Anna Schaffelhuber grabbed her second gold at the Sochi Paralympic Games on Monday, scorching to victory at the sitting super G event.
13:14 10/03/2014 
Russia continued its domination of Sochi Paralympic cross-country skiing as Rushan Minnegulov sped to victory in the men’s 20km standing event.
12:40 10/03/2014 
French skier Marie Bochet won her second gold medal of the Sochi Paralympics on Monday with victory in the women’s standing super G.
12:24 10/03/2014 
Britain won its first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal Monday as skier Kelly Gallagher triumphed in the women's visually impaired super G.
23:05 09/03/2014 In a battle between two former Paralympic sledge hockey champions, Canada pounded Norway 4-0 in Sochi on Sunday to secure a spot in the semifinals.
21:18 09/03/2014 
U.S. Paralympic star Tatyana McFadden told R-Sport on Sunday she was delighted to be able to compete in front of her Russian birth mother for the first time at the Sochi Games.
13:33 09/03/2014 
Ukraine won its second gold medal of the Sochi Paralympics on Sunday with victory for Larisa Pavlenko in the women’s 12km cross-country sit-skiing.
13:23 09/03/2014 
Japanese skier Akira Kano stormed to his second Sochi Paralympic gold on Sunday, destroying the field in the men's sitting super G event.
12:56 09/03/2014 
Roman Petushkov became the first athlete to win two gold medals at the Sochi Paralympics on Sunday as Russia swept the podium in the men’s 15km cross-country sit-skiing.
12:13 09/03/2014 
Markus Salcher of Austria won his second Alpine skiing gold medal at the Sochi Paralympics Sunday, sweeping to victory in the super G standing event.
11:41 09/03/2014 
The Paralympic Games have grown from a small gathering of British WWII veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sporting events. The term ‘Paralympics’ have first come into official use during the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.
11:40 09/03/2014 
Three-time Vancouver Paralympic champion Jakub Krako took his first gold medal at the Sochi Games on Sunday, retaining his title in the visually impaired super G competition.
02:31 09/03/2014 
Host nation Russia dominated the first day of the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, finishing Saturday top of the medal table with four golds.
23:59 08/03/2014 
Russia started the Sochi Paralympic sledge hockey tournament with a 3-2 shootout defeat to South Korea in the preliminary round as President Vladimir Putin looked on.
18:03 08/03/2014 
After sweeping to the top of the Sochi Paralympic medal table on the first day of competition, yet more success still awaits host nation Russia, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told R-Sport on Saturday.
15:07 08/03/2014 
Ukraine’s Vitaliy Lukyanenko resisted a strong Russian challenge to win the men’s 7.5km visually impaired biathlon Saturday and deny the host nation a fifth gold of the Sochi Paralympics.
13:58 08/03/2014 Originally posted at 12:58.
Russia’s Vladislav Lekomtsev took the third gold medal for the host nation at the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday, winning a thrilling men’s 7.5km standing biathlon race.
13:51 08/03/2014 
Host nation Russia continued its strong start to the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday as Mikhalina Lysova and Yulia Budaleeva stormed to gold and silver in the women’s 6km visually impaired biathlon.
13:21 08/03/2014 
Japanese skier Akira Kano won Sochi Paralympic gold in a men's sitting downhill event that was marred by several heavy crashes Saturday.
13:17 08/03/2014 Originally posted at 12:56.
Alena Kaufman won Russia its second gold medal of the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday with victory in the women’s standing 6km biathlon event.
12:54 08/03/2014 
Spain's Jon Santacana successfully defended his Paralympic downhill skiing title in the visually impaired class at the Sochi Games on Saturday.
12:52 08/03/2014 Germany's Anna Schaffelhuber edged out her rivals at Rosa Khutor on Saturday to win the women's sitting downhill ski event.
12:50 08/03/2014 
Germany’s Andrea Eskau won the first biathlon gold medal of the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday with victory in the women’s 6km sitting event.
12:45 08/03/2014 
Markus Salcher of Austria won the Sochi Paralympic gold in the downhill standing event on Saturday, bringing his country its first medal of the Games.
12:43 08/03/2014 
French skier Marie Bochet won gold at the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday in the women's standing downhill skiing, the 20-year-old underlining her status as one of the world's most promising disabled athletes.
12:37 08/03/2014 
Host nation Russia won its first gold medal at the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday with victory for Roman Petushkov in the men’s 7.5km sitting biathlon.
11:30 08/03/2014 
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07:33 08/03/2014 
Italian sledge hockey forward Igor Stella will not take part in the 2014 Sochi Paralympics after failing a doping test, a spokesperson for his team said Friday.
02:57 08/03/2014 
Russia’s sledge hockey team intends to storm through the Sochi Winter Games unbeaten despite appearing at its first Paralympics, forward Dmitry Lisov said.
22:01 07/03/2014 Originally posted at 21:42
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the 11th Paralympic Winter Games open Friday at a grandiose opening ceremony in Sochi.
18:02 07/03/2014 
The head of Ukraine's Paralympic Committee says the country has decided against boycotting the Sochi Winter Games, but adds the team may leave if relations between his country and Russia deteriorate further.
16:55 07/03/2014 
Unity and inclusiveness will be the watchwords for the Sochi Paralympic opening ceremony Friday, with an appearance from Russia’s fairytale firebird, creative director Konstantin Ernst has said.
16:14 07/03/2014 
The Paralympic torch relay has returned to Sochi, where it began its journey on February 26. Watch this video by RIA Novosti to see the torchbearers carrying the Paralympic flame throughout the country.
22:23 06/03/2014 
The Russian flag was ceremonially raised Thursday at the mountain village for the Sochi Paralympics with President Vladimir Putin in attendance.
19:54 06/03/2014 
19:19 06/03/2014 
Ukraine remains undecided over whether to boycott the Sochi Paralympics less than 48 hours before the Games begin, International Paralympic Committee spokesman Craig Spence said Thursday.
14:27 06/03/2014 
Paralympic Games will be held from March 7 to March 16 in Sochi
13:28 05/03/2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi.
18:26 03/03/2014 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that even though the Winter Olympics are over, organizers should not relax yet as the country still needs to put on a worthy Paralympics.
14:37 03/03/2014 
The Moscow leg of the Paralympic torch relay began at the All-Russian Exhibition Center in the Russian capital on Sunday. Watch this video of the Paralympic torch being lit by a huge symbolic heart.
15:27 02/03/2014 
The flame for the Sochi Paralympics reached the Russian capital on Sunday, five days before the start of the Games.
15:21 01/03/2014 
The flame for the Sochi Paralympics was lit Saturday during a ceremony in St. Petersburg.
17:03 26/02/2014 
Festivities for the Paralympic Games, scheduled to begin in Russia’s southern city Sochi on March 7, kicked off on Wednesday as the Paralympic torch relay started its first leg of a 10-day journey from Russia’s easternmost point.
16:29 27/09/2013 
Ticket sales for next year’s Winter Paralympics in Sochi opened on Friday, but Russia’s top Paralympic official warned that the competition could be marred by swathes of empty seats.
14:52 02/04/2013 
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has named Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti as the official host national news agency for the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.
15:59 20/03/2013 
An $81 million high-tech training complex for Paralympians in Russia will open the city of Ufa by 2015, local officials said Wednesday.
17:21 13/02/2013 
Next year's Paralympic host city of Sochi is rapidly improving access for disabled people, the head of the Russian Paralympic Committee said Wednesday.
20:07 07/02/2013 
The Russian government will limit the maximum price for the hotel rooms in Sochi during the Olympics.