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How to watch the 2024 Paris Paralympics on TV in Spain 

The 2024 Paralympic Games kick off in the French capital on Wednesday August 28th. Here's how to watch live coverage of all the sports on TV or online in Spain, for free.

Published: 16 August 2024 09:54 CEST
Updated: 27 August 2024 10:58 CEST
How to watch the 2024 Paris Paralympics on TV in Spain 
Here's how to watch the Paris Paralympics if you're in Spain. (Photo by Thomas LOVELOCK / OIS/IOC / AFP)

The Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games will take place from Wednesday August 28th to Sunday September 8th 2024.

Blind football, wheelchair basketball, shooting, archery, rugby, taekwondo and many more sports where the determination, skill and self-improvement of the world’s best Paralympians will be on full display.

More than 4,000 athletes and sportsmen will participate across 549 events covering a range of disabilities.

Spain will take more than 150 athletes and sportsmen to Paris for the Paralympics.

Judoka Marta Arce and table tennis player Álvaro Valera will be the main flag-bearers of Spain’s Olympic delegation, which aims to surpass the 36 medals they obtained at the previous Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021. 

For the first time, Spanish Paralympians who win medals will be given the same financial bonus as their Olympic counterparts. 

Where to watch the 2024 Paris Paralympics on TV in Spain 

Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE will offer live coverage of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, just as it did with the Olympics.

It will begin with the opening ceremony at 8pm Paris/Madrid time on RTVE’s flagship channel La 1.

The sporting events start on August 29th, all of which will be covered across three terrestrial TV channels: La 1, La 2 and sports channel Teledeporte. That means that anyone with a television in Spain will be able to watch the Paralympics for free without having to subscribe to pay-per-view TV.

Additionally, the Games will be available online to stream on your devices live or whenever you want on RTVE Play.

This also allows you to choose which specific event you prefer to watch when there are simultaneous events happening.

Here is a schedule of all the events at the Paralympics:

Opening ceremony: September 28th
Athletics: from August 30th to September 8th
Badminton: August 29th to September 2nd
Basketball: August 29th to September 8th
Boccia: from August 29th to September 5th
Track cycling: August 29th to September 1st
Road cycling: September 4th to 7th
Fencing: September 3rd to 7th
5-a-side football: August 30th to September 7th
Goalball: August 29th to September 5th
Weightlifting: September 4th to 8th
Horse riding: September 3rd to 7th
Judo: September 5th to 7th
Swimming: August 29th to September 7th
Canoeing: August 6th to 8th
Rowing: August 30th to September 1st
Rugby: August 29th to September 2nd
Taekwondo: August 29th to 31st
Tennis: August 30th to September 7th
Table tennis: August 29th to September 7th
Shooting: August 30th to September 5th
Archery: August 29th to September 5th
Triathlon: August 1st and 2nd
Volleyball: August 29th to September 7th
Closing ceremony: September 8th

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CRIME

Four arrested after father of Spain football star Yamal stabbed

Four people have been arrested after a knife attack on the father of young Spanish football star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia, local police told AFP Thursday.

Published: 15 August 2024 10:01 CEST
Updated: 15 August 2024 15:22 CEST
Four arrested after father of Spain football star Yamal stabbed

The attack took place at 1910 GMT on Wednesday in a car park in the Catalan town of Mataro, around 30 kilometres from Barcelona, in the Rocafonda neighbourhood where Lamine Yamal is from, said a spokesman for the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan regional police force.

Yamal’s father Mounir Nasraoui was stabbed several times the police said, and is being treated at the Can Ruti hospital, who could not be reached by AFP for comment.

A source close to the family told AFP that Nasraoui is now “out of danger” and “remains under observation” but in a “stable” condition.

Asked about the events and the victim’s possible release date from hospital, the source did not wish to say more.

Three people were arrested Wednesday night and were being questioned at Mataro police station, while a fourth was taken into custody at 0900 GMT Thursday morning.

Investigators must also interview the victim ‘as soon as possible’, as well as witnesses, to uncover the circumstances of the attack, said the police.

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported late Wednesday that the incident occurred after an argument in the street with some men who had approached him while he was walking his dog and later returned to assault him.

Yamal made his Barcelona debut aged 15 in April 2023 and burst into the limelight last season, becoming a key player for the Catalan giants.

The Spanish winger, now 17, played a key role for his country as La Roja triumphed at Euro 2024 for a record fourth time, becoming the youngest ever footballer to play and score in the competition’s history.

Yamal’s father and grandmother still live in Rocafonda and he tends to celebrate goals by making a ‘304’ gesture with his hands, referring to the postcode of his neighbourhood.

Nasraoui became famous during the European Championship for his social media presence and media appearances, frequently posting content showing his support for his son.

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