Fireworks will light the sky above this mountain village on Sunday night in a bright noisy finale to a winter games organisers say boosted the Paralympics to a new level. The games in Vancouver and Whistler showcased "fantastic competition at a very high level in all sports," said Xavier Gonzalez, CEO of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) -- and also drew ...

Norway clinched the men?s sledge hockey bronze at the Vancouver Paralympics when the tournament?s number two seed beat Canada 2-1 to leave the hosts out of the medals. Outshooting the Canadians 8-1 in the final period, Norwegian defenceman Eskil Hagen got the winner just over a minute from time when he intercepted a bad clearing pass from Canadian ...

After knocking off hosts Canada in their men's sledge hockey semi-final, minnows Japan are looking for bigger fish to fry in their clash against the top-rated USA when the two teams play for the Paralympic gold Saturday. "It's four years summed up in 45 minutes," said Japan coach Kojin Nakakita as he watched his team practice at UBC ...