“Being able to block myself, from hockey, rugby, even boxing … I probably wouldn’t be here if not for that. I actually threw myself onto the hood and my skull smashed into the windshield. Sometimes, I think about how many other people in that exact accident who probably would have been dead.” How did it come to be that seven years later she is approaching one of the biggest and best moments of her life — a Paralympics debut representing her country on the waters of Tokyo? Well, old habits mostly. Sports saved her again. Not just sports of course but all that comes with it. The Hennessy spirit, a stubborn-as-a-mule, steely Irish-Canadian streak that coursed its way across the Atlantic generations ago but survived the journey, coursing on through the descendants.

  Kumar was deemed ineligible to compete after a review of his F52 classification in Tokyo. It means he has lost his bronze medal after finishing third, breaking the Asian record in the process.

                                   Cyclist Paige Greco has won the first gold medal of the Paralympic Games in the women's C1-3 3000m individual pursuit. She finished with a time of 3:50.815, beating her own world record set just a few hours before, during the qualifying round. Minutes later, Emily Petricola won the second gold in the C4 3000m pursuit, also setting a new world record

Japan suspended the use of 1.63 million doses of the Moderna vaccine on Thursday after "foreign materials" were found in some unused vials, the health ministry said. In a statement, Moderna pointed to a potential issue at a manufacturing contract site in Spain, adding that no safety or efficacy issues have been identified. The Japanese government said it would seek to minimise the impact of the withdrawal on the country's vaccination drive, Nikkei reported. Read More

  The new biographical drama stars Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana. The movie takes place across the course of three days, and follows Diana, Prince Charles and the rest of the Royal family as they spend Christmas at Sandringham Estate in December 1991 During production Kristen Stewart has spoken extensively about taking on the role of Diana - saying " Spencer is a dive inside an emotional imagining of who Diana was at a pivotal turning point in her life" Read More