The Tokyo Paralympics are in the limelight. Just a few weeks after the Olympics closed, world-class athletes are competing in 539 events in 22 sports. We have everything you need to watch the Tokyo Paralympics live stream from anywhere - for free and without cable TV.

In addition to the usual competitions of wheelchair basketball, swimming, track and field, powerlifting, rowing, and equestrian, two new sports, badminton and taekwondo, will debut at this Paralympic Games. [Swimming stars Mackenzie Coan, Jessica Long, and Anastasia Pagonis; Rio 2016 wheelchair basketball gold medalist Steve Celio; sitting volleyball ace Nikki Nieves, also a Rio gold medalist; "The World's Fastest Blind Man" David Brown, and Army veteran triathlete Melissa Stockwell, who holds the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

The Paralympics are a global event and can be seen in almost every country on earth. However, if you are not in your home country and cannot watch the Tokyo Paralympics live stream on your regular service, or if you prefer to watch in your native language, you are not out of luck. With a virtual private network (VPN), you can pretend you are surfing the web from your hometown (or anywhere else where power outages don't occur) and access the same streaming services you are already paying for.

Not sure which VPN is right for you? We tested a variety of services and chose ExpressVPN as the best VPN overall. They offer great speed and excellent customer service. However, there are other VPN options out there. Here are our top picks.

VPNs are incredibly easy to use.

1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we have mentioned, ExpressVPN is our favorite.

2. select the location you want to connect to with the VPN app. For example, if you are in the US and want to see UK services, select UK from the list.

3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Go to your preferred website or streaming service and tune in.

In the U.S., the Tokyo Paralympics will be broadcast on NBC's family of networks and streamed for over 1,000 hours on the company's digital platforms, including NBCOlympics.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock.

NBCSN will broadcast live and tape-delayed coverage of the Tokyo Paralympics from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. ET daily. Peacock will feature the medal rounds of several events, including men's and women's wheelchair basketball and women's sitting volleyball. Viewers will also be able to watch the competitions on the Tokyo Live channel, as well as Tokyo Today highlights and analysis.

If you cut cable and cannot watch NBC or NBCSN, you can access these channels on Sling TV and Fubo TV.

Britons can easily watch the Tokyo Paralympics. You can watch live and recorded coverage on Channel 4 and its related streaming service All4; the Channel 4 Paralympics microsite allows you to watch 16 live streams at once

To watch Channel 4 on demand, simply register for a free account; the All 4 app is available for Android, iOS, Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, PS4, Xbox One, Now TV, Sky, and Virgin Media.

If you are traveling outside the UK, you can still follow the Paralympic action with the best VPN services, such as ExpressVPN.

Canadians can watch the Tokyo Olympics on a variety of channels.

The CBC offers a free live stream of the Paralympics on its website and app; CBC's streaming service, CBC Gem, has a one-month free trial that allows users to check out all Paralympic events. After the free trial, a monthly subscription of CA$4.99 is required.

Sportsnet also provides Paralympic coverage. The streaming service, Sportsnet Now, costs CA$19.99 per month.

Canadians traveling out of the country can use ExpressVPN if they want to use services they have already paid for.

Down under, Australians can watch the Tokyo Olympics for free on Channel 7 or stream it on the network's 7Plus streaming service.

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