Today, the boccia contingent competing at the Paralympic Games includes athletes from as many as 75 countries. Paris marks the third consecutive Paralympics that the U.S. has not qualified an athlete ...

Less familiar are boccia (pronounced bot-cha) and goalball. Two disciplines unique to the Paralympics that have featured fully in the sporting line-up since 1984.

Of the 22 Paralympic sports, only two don't have an Olympic equivalent. Boccia is a sport where players throw, kick or roll colored balls as close as possible to a white target ball. The player ...

PARIS, France — On the fifth day of the Paris Paralympics, medals will be handed out in eight sports on Monday. One of those is Boccia, where players throw or roll leather balls as close as they ...

PARIS (AP) — On the fifth day of the Paris Paralympics, medals will be handed out in eight sports on Monday. One of those is Boccia, where players throw or roll leather balls as close as they ...

blind football to boccia and para-taekwondo to para-triathlon. There have been no changes to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic programme. Most sports will use the same majestic backdrops: Stade de France ...

Boccia is one of the most unique events at the Paralympics, but there's a decent chance you've never even heard of it. That may be because it's one of two games specifically designed for ...

Boccia 10:40am-1:00pm: men’s and women’s individual, BC1 BC2 and BC4 pools Kick off your Paralympics viewing with a nail-biting game of boccia – one of two Paralympic sports that do not have ...

The Games will feature 4,400 athletes representing 184 delegations who will compete in 22 different sports, including two—goalball and boccia—which are unique to the Paralympics and do not ...

Boccia's appeal and rising popularity comes from its showcase as a Paralympic sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages ...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Para Boccia Association, in collaboration with Boccia India, hosted a Boccia Awareness Event and a live ...

However, when I met the duo during a boccia training session last month, I saw only two equal partners training together and sharing a singular goal of bettering themselves in the Paralympic sport.