Milan Paralympics

(Newser) - Iran will not participate in the Milan Cortina Paralympics because its only athlete set to compete can't safely travel to Italy amid the intensifying Middle East conflict, the International Paralympic Committee said Friday. The announcement that Aboulfazl Khatibi won't compete came just hours ahead of the opening ceremony...

(Newser) - It's another scandal for curling, this time at the Paralympics. Two stones that were going to be used in the wheelchair curling event that began Wednesday at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games have been stolen. The incident came a couple of weeks after the sport was in the headlines...