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. The accessibility of boccia in ...

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 ...

Many sports at the Paralympics have an Olympic cousin. There are only two without counterparts, one of which is boccia. Boccia has been in the Paralympics since 1984 and has grown in popularity ...

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 ...

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