Azerbaijani para-athletes and delegates, who will take part in the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, have left Baku for Rio de Janeiro.

The Azerbaijani team held UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group H leader Croatia at a goalless draw on September 3.

Azerbaijani athletes showed their best this summer at the inaugural European Games in Baku, winning second place in the overall ranking, and have now thrust themselves into preparations for the Summer Olympic Games.

Azerbaijani team in rhythmic gymnastics continues preparing for the World Championships to be held September 7-13 in Stuttgart.

Azerbaijanis got a glimpse of what the country's Olympians will be wearing at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sochi 2014 winter Olympic, the Azerbaijani National Olympic Committee said on December 27.