News - Football 7-a-side
![World Anti Doping Agency's Logo.](/sites/default/files/images/120113112310550_World_Anti_Doping_Agency_PlayTrue_200dpi.jpg)
WADA launches new video series
WADA Talks is a new interview series to feature sport and government leaders
![The IBSA European Goalball Championships will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sabonis Basketball Hall and Kaunas Sports Hall, between 5-12 July and will act as a qualifier for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150626113308211_IBSA%2Bgoalball.jpg)
IBSA Goalball European Championships lounge opened in Kaunas
The event which is a Rio 2016 Paralympic qualifier gets underway on 5 July in Lithuania.
![Crowd of people from above, holding a huge banner with Rio motives](/sites/default/files/images/150426194829536_flashmob.jpg)
Press accreditation opens for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Media can apply via the National Paralympic Committee in their country.
Russia retain Football 7 world crown
The defending champions beat Ukraine 1-0 in the final of the CP Football 7-a-side World Championships.
![Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.](/sites/default/files/images/150401182908450_Vasyl%2BKovalchuk.jpg)
Five storylines for shooting Paralympic qualifiers
A number of great athletes are preparing themselves for three qualification World Cups, the first of which takes place in Osijek, Croatia, from 10 July.
![Russia’s world, Paralympic and European long jump T38 champion Margarita Goncharova, gives an insight into her three heroes.](/sites/default/files/images/150626115058915_28%2Bjun%2B2015.jpg)
#SuperheroSunday: Margarita Goncharova
After breaking the long jump T38 world record last week in Berlin, Germany, the T38 athlete shares with us her three heroes.
![Two athletes doing taekwondo](/sites/default/files/images/150507103900995_taekwondo_5_0.jpg)
Taekwondo classes to be held for Korean visually impaired students
Behind the support of the National Paralympic Committee of Korea, the class will help develop athletes and the sport.
![Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg Gold Medal Contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/140207143651786_151075385_0.jpg)
New judo world rankings published
The new rankings take into account performances at May’s IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.
![Bags with logos on a table](/sites/default/files/images/150417163146100_agitos%2Broad%2Bto%2Brio.jpg)
Road to Rio continues with Sao Paulo workshop
The Agitos Foundation is working with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee to ensure a meaningful legacy for para-sport in the Americas.
Botswana showcases para-sport
National Paralympic Committee builds on momentum of Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme participation.
![Football 7-a-side - Team Ukraine](/sites/default/files/images/120228115051313_110618K4A4400.jpg)
Russia and Ukraine to face-off for world football title
The defending world champions Russia will go head-to-head with European title winner Ukraine in Sunday’s final of the Cerebral Palsy Football 7-a-side World Championships.
![Chuck Aoki](/sites/default/files/images/130206210339074_403948_461642767187145_1542251478_n.jpg)
Chuck Aoki: Not an Olympian
The US wheelchair rugby player was recently referred to as an “Olympian.” He explains why that stuck out to him.
![A picture of a man sit down on a basket](/sites/default/files/images/120615170936659_Pat%2BAnderson.jpg)
Anderson inducted into Hall of Fame
The Canadian wheelchair basketball ace was inducted into the Centre Wellington Sport Hall of Fame.
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Giant slalom to attract more athletes to snowboard
Event to be added to the snowboard programme to give new athletes more opportunities to compete.
![Aurélie Rivard avec l’argent, Tully Kearney médaillée de bronze et Élodie Lorandi qui a remporté l’or sur le podium ce soir.](/sites/default/files/images/130814143132235_2013_08_13%2BDay%2B2%2Bpicture%2BMathieu%2BPortier.jpg)
Throwback Thursday: 2013 IPC Swimming Worlds
Ahead of the 2015 edition, take a look back to some of the performances and highlights from the last swimming World Championships.
![A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing basketball.](/sites/default/files/images/120831005015672_151009663_0.jpg)
Australia name squad of 20 for IBWF AOZ qualifiers
The side for October’s Rio 2016 qualifier includes 14 world champions and six Paralympic gold medallists.
![A woman with a running blade clenches her face in effort as she sprints forward.](/sites/default/files/images/150621175720799_Caironi.jpg)
The 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix series in numbers
After nine Grand Prix, five continents and hundreds of races and events, here is a review of the season so far in numbers.
![Seung-Hwan Jung of South Korea competes at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Ostersund, Sweden](/sites/default/files/images/150316172239727_IPC%2BIce%2BSledge%2BHockey%2BWorld%2BChampionships%2B2015%2BB-Pool_061_0.jpg)
Lightning quick Jung aims to strike harder
Widely credited as one the fastest skater on the ice, Seung-Hwan Jung has his eye on Canada and the US now that South Korea are back in the A-Pool.
![IPC Strategic Plan 2015-2018](/sites/default/files/images/150626102957988_strategic%2Bplan.jpg)
IPC publishes new four year Strategic Plan 2015-2018
The new plan from the Paralympic Movement’s global governing body aims to grow in six strategic areas.
![A Danish player wearing red loses control of the white ball as he is sandwiched between two Australian players wearing green.](/sites/default/files/images/140807070813911_Batt_0.jpg)
Australia edge Canada in wheelchair rugby series
The Paralympic and world champions beat Canada in a thrilling five game series 3-2 in Melbourne.