Paralympics Closing Ceremony starts with spectacular 'Mad Max' style vision of Britain Prince Edward in a carriage made of second-hand cars and a legless war hero climbing mast to unfurl the Union Jack
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Amid fire and smoke, performers drove in on dozens of British-made welded-together vehicles, burning bicycles and bizarre machines that looked straight out of Mel Gibson's classic 1979 dystopian action movie.
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Sports court upholds Russia ban from Rio Paralympics
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed Russia's ban from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program. The court said its judges ruled that the International Paralympic Committee "Did not violate any procedural rule" in banning the Russian team two weeks ago. Ref. USAToday.