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Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in wheelchair basketball
The wheelchair basketball players you should be looking out for when the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games open on 28 August
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Paris 2024: Jitske Visser looks forward to fifth Games
Dutch wheelchair basketball player Jitske Visser has won three medals across four Games, and she is hungry for more
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Paris 2024: Steve Serio aims to crown career with third consecutive gold
Steve Serio led the USA to back-to-back gold medals in wheelchair basketball at Tokyo 2020. As we approach the Paris 2024 Paralympics, we caught up with Serio, who is training for his fifth Games
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Paris 2024: Germany’s Weiss trains hard to turn trend of fourth-places into gold
Catharina Weiss says her journey to the Paralympic Games started when she watched Germany win wheelchair basketball gold at the London 2012 Paralympics
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Paris 2024: Introduction to wheelchair basketball
Eight men’s and eight women’s national teams will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, which open on 28 August.
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Paris 2024: Competition schedule for wheelchair basketball announced
The first wheelchair basketball match at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be an all-European affair, with Great Britain taking on Germany in the men’s Group A match on 29 August at 10:30 CEST
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Citi's Impact on Women's Wheelchair Basketball
A Game-Changer at the 2024 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships
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Road to Paris 2024: Get the latest on the qualification for the Paralympics
Get to know the major qualification events coming up and follow athletes on their journeys to the Games
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Para athletes excited for Paris 2024 Paralympic year
"Happy Paralympic year! It's such an exciting year. I hope you're all ready for the wild ride!" New Zealand's Lisa Adams said.
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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less
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Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history, says IPC President
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone
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Rotterdam 2023: Top moments from the first European Para Championships
From hosts dominance to multiple world records, the first multi-sport Championships saw sporting history made
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Rotterdam 2023: Netherlands and Great Britain claim wheelchair basketball golds
First four teams to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games decided at the first European Para Championships in Rotterdam
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Supermums star for Great Britain at European Para Championships
Robyn Love and Laurie Williams lead wheelchair basketballers to success in front of newborn daughter in Rotterdam
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Rotterdam 2023: European Para Championships open with spectacular celebration
The European Para Championships take place between 8 and 20 August 2023, featuring 1,500 athletes competing across 10 Para sports
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USA win men's title at Wheelchair Basketball Worlds, Netherlands defend women’s title
Team USA defeated Great Britain 67-66 to claim their seventh title, while the Netherlands won the women’s tournament after beating China 57-34
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France aim for podium on their return to Wheelchair Basketball World Championships
The IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships-Dubai 2022, held between 9 and 20 June 2023, will feature 28 men’s and women’s teams
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Sport programme for 2026 Commonwealth Games to feature nine Para sports
Para swimming, Para athletics, 3x3 wheelchair basketball, Para track cycling, Para lawn bowls, Para powerlifting, shooting Para sport, Para table tennis and Para triathlon will be featured at Victoria 2026, with Para disciplines in golf, coastal rowing and road race cycling also vying for inclusion
Wheelchair basketball and tennis player Ukari paving way for Para sports in Nigeria
The dual sports athlete is putting great efforts into promoting wheelchair sports in Nigeria despite numerous personal obstacles that stand in his way
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Paralympians in the spotlight as Paris 2024 celebrates Olympic Day
The area near Stade de France was transformed into an open-air playground as Olympic Day participants got to try out 30 Olympic sports as well as wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball and boccia