New cuts to Rio Paralympics

Rio Paralympics organisers are to close a venue and media facilities, cut staff and shrink stadium capacities in a desperate bid to reduce costs before the Games start next month, officials said Friday. About 10 countries are at risk of missing the Games because promised travel grants have not been paid on time, International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven said. "Never before in the 56 year history of the Paralympic Games have we faced circumstances like this," Craven told a press