The latest news and comment on the Paralympic games
July 2024
‘It might actually be cool’: wary Parisians seduced by prospect of Olympics
Against a backdrop of political uncertainty, people in Paris seem sanguine about sporting spectacle despite grumbles over inconvenience
Madison de Rozario and Brenden Hall named as Australia’s Paralympics flag bearers
Madison de Rozario and Brenden Hall will lead out Australia’s Paralympic team at the 2024 Paris Games’ opening ceremony after being named flag bearers
‘Gross and problematic’: how Channel 4 ripped up its approach to the Paralympics
Team GB placed on bullish course for record Olympic medal haul in Paris
Beating the odds: three Olympic sportswomen on overcoming poverty, mockery – and small swimming pools
June 2024
‘Max is my eyes’: Paralympian says post-Brexit rules stop him flying with his guide dog
Fascinating Olympians
Abandoned, abused and belittled: how Oksana Masters survived a torturous childhood – and became a world-beating athlete
British Paralympians urged to build forgotten history of disability sport
‘I treated the birth like a mini-Olympics’: the Team GB mothers going for gold at the Paris Games
May 2024
Europe’s big summer: how the Guardian is gearing up for a seismic season across the continent
Jon Henley
From potentially pivotal EU elections to a series of sporting extravaganzas, Europe will be the focus of the world’s attention over the next few months. A good job our coverage is stronger than ever, then
The Guardian picture essay
The G4D Open for the world’s best disabled golfers – a photo essay
As many of the world’s most talented golfers with disabilities returned to Woburn Golf Club to compete in the G4D Open, our photographer Tom Jenkins was there to take in the action and share some of the competitors’ stories
Paralympics countdown: ‘We want to positively influence lives of 1.2bn people’
Zip-up sneakers and magnetic fasteners: Australia’s Paralympic Games kit revealed
Paris authority slated for hiking cost of Métro and bus trips during Olympics
April 2024
Other lives
Pearl Roberts obituary
Other lives: Anti-nuclear campaigner, volunteer and talented amateur singer
Designers, denims and diversity: Paris Olympic and Paralympic kit unveilings – in pictures
As the uniforms for the Olympics and Paralympics are revealed, we cast an eye over the threads that different countries will be wearing at Paris 2024
Something blue: British kits for Paris 2024 stripped back and traditional
British Paralympian urges Nike to introduce single trainer sales
UK government set to drop opposition to Russian athletes at Paris Olympics
March 2024
British para-cycling trio’s world silver medals stolen in Rio de Janeiro robbery
Married couple Neil and Lora Fachie were targeted along with pilot Corinne Hall in the incident on the opening day of the para-cycling world championships
The Guardian picture essayThe G4D Open for the world’s best disabled golfers – a photo essayAs many of the world’s most talented golfers with disabilities returned to Woburn Golf Club to compete in the G4D Open, our photographer Tom Jenkins was there to take in the action and share some of the competitors’ stories
