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Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will take place between 29 August to 2 September 2024.

Wheelchair rugby is a mixed-team sport played by male and female athletes with some degree of paralysis in all four limbs. An alternative to wheelchair basketball, it allows players with this kind of disability to participate on equal terms. The sport is played in specially designed manual wheelchairs by a team of four players and combines elements of rugby, basketball, and handball. That’s why wheelchair rugby is played with a round ball, not an oval one!

First developed in Canada in the 1970s, wheelchair rugby made its debut as a medal sport at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. Wheelchair rugby is often referred to as “Murderball” because it is such an aggressive sport, in which noisy contact, frequently punctured tyres and even wheelchairs flipping over form an integral part of the game.