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We are delighted to announce that the project supported by the Agitos Foundation Project entitled “Improving reliability and validity of current classification methods for athletes in classes FT5-FT8 and T35-T38”  is almost finished and a final report has been presented to IPC Agitos Foundation. 

DAY 8: AS IT HAPPENED Another great day of football saw the winners and runners-up of the groups take part in the Quarter Final stage of the competition. St Georges Park was once again bathed in sunshine for the opening game of the day between Group D winner Netherlands, and USA who finished second in Group C. In a game that could not have been much [more...]

DAY 9: AS IT HAPPENED Day 9 saw two extremely close fought contests and one large victory, as the fixtures for the 9th – 16th positions continued. The first fixture saw Japan, who despite defeat on Tuesday were buoyed by their first goals of the tournament, take on Venezuela, who were narrowly defeated by Canada. The goals began as early as the [more...]

DAY 10: AS IT HAPPENED Day 10 produced the two finalists for the tournament, as the Russians swept aside the Netherlands and Ukraine came out on top in a closely fought match with Brazil. Argentina versus Republic of Ireland was the first game of the day, as the battle for places nears a conclusion. Both teams had suffered 4 – 0 defeats in their quarter [more...]