Paralympics: Belarus stages pro-Russia protest during opening ceremony

Athletes supported Russia, banned from Games due to doping allegations, by carrying country's flag during procession The colour, noise and goodwill on show during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games was punctured when the Belarus team mounted a protest against the International Paralympic Committee's decision to ban Russia from Rio 2016. Sir Philip Craven, the president of the IPC, had earlier strongly defended the Russian Paralympic Committee's total exclusion from the Paralympics, arg...