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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Paralympics will go ahead in Rio next month, but organizers said Friday that deep budget cuts mean a venue will close down, facilities will be dismantled and the workforce will be reduced.Poor ticket sales have compounded existing financial challenges in recession-battered Brazil that have already affected operations at the Olympics, which close Sunday.Rio has less than three weeks to prepare for Paralympics, the pinnacle of the disability sport calendar. Organizers had hoped to build on progress made at the well-attended Games in London four years ago. Rio organizers report ticket sales of just more than 290,000 tickets for the Sept. 7-18 Paralympics.At this point, it is difficult for us to expect the full venues that we saw in Beijing or London, or expect to see in Tokyo in four years time, International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven said Friday.The IPC said it has already sought to reduce costs over the past year and the new, deeper major budget cuts will affect every team and visitors to the Games.Never before in the 56-year history of the Paralympic Games have we faced circumstances like this, Craven said. Since becoming aware of the full scale of the problem, we have focused all of our efforts on finding solutions to the problems.The IPC has secured an additional 150 million reals ($47 million) in funding from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and said the government will bring in up to 100 million reals ($31 million) of sponsorship from state-run companies.But the workforce for the Paralympics will still be reduced, transport services cut and media centers closed. The wheelchair fencing competition will move to a new venue, allowing the Deorodo Olympic Park to be closed and dismantled.Grants of more than $7 million that the Rio organizers were due to make to the 165 participating countries are almost a month overdue. The first athletes are due to arrive Aug. 31, although there will be no Russians after the country was suspended from the IPC over its state-sponsored doping scheme.Currently we have around 10 countries who, even if the grants are paid, may struggle to cover the cost of their travel to the Games, Craven said. The IPC is working with them to find solutions and ensure their participation here in Rio.Britains Paralympic body expressed concern that Rios constrained budgets are setting back the Games.London 2012 proudly showed the world what was possible, and we want Rio to be the next stage of that positive journey, the British Paralympic Association said. The IPCs announcement makes clear that there is major risk to that. Yeezys Ireland .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Adidas Yeezy Salt Ireland . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. http://www.yeezysupplyireland.com/ . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Adidas Zx 750 Buy Online . White came in fourth place in the event. He was the two-time defending gold medallist. The gold medal went to Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov. Yeezy Boost For Sale Cheap .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. DALLAS -- Dallas Stars forward Ales Hemsky will miss five to six months after surgery for a hip injury that general manager Jim Nill said was sustained during the World Cup of Hockey.Nill said the surgery was performed Monday. Hemsky, who was on injured reserve early in the season with what was called a groin injury, played one game this season against Columbus, recording one shot in 16 minutes. He played for the Czech Republic in the World Cup.The Stars, who had the best recordd in the Western Conference last season, have dealt with a series of injuries so far this season.ddddddddddddorward Patrick Sharp has been on injured reserve since Oct. 21 with concussion-like symptoms, and Cody Eakin has missed the regular season with a knee injury. Jamie Benn has just one goal in five games while dealing with an unspecified ailment. ' ' '