Winter Paralympics to start with icy blast as Ukraine lead ceremony boycott

The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics start on Friday but the atmosphere at the opening ceremony has been dampened by Ukraine leading a boycott against the presence of a handful of Russian competitors in the competition.The athletes will compete in six different sports spread out across three sites, in the north of Italy, from March 6-15, in an event that comes hot on the heels of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.