Sitting volleyball

Sitting Volleyball

Against all odds, Brazil won silver at the 2014 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Championships in Elblag, Poland.

Rio 2016

The Iranian women’s sitting volleyball team qualified for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games for the very first time, after reaching the final at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

Rio 2016

In total, 271 athletes have qualified for Rio, with five more slots secured at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para-Games.

Elvira Stinissen - 2012 IPC Athletes Council

Sitting Volleyball

Dutch sitting volleyball player Elvira Stinissen was elected as the new Vice Chair at the IPC’s Strategic Gathering in Berlin, Germany.

Emma WIGGS, Great Britain sends the ball over Sanne BAKKER

Sitting Volleyball

Australian Barry Couzner will now stand in as interim President in the wake of Dr Hossam Mostafa’s resignation.

Rio 2016

To mark two years until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the city’s Flamengo Park hosted a special event on Sunday 7 September.

Rio 2016

The United States Olympic Committee joins the global Paralympic Movement in celebrating the two-year countdown to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Sunday 7 September.

Six men celebrating on a volleyball field.

Sitting Volleyball

The Paralympic Movement is filled with inspirational and compelling stories of triumph over adversity, but there are few stories as awe-inspiring as the Rwandan sitting volleyball team’s formation and qualification for London 2012.

Sitting Volleyball

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Safet Alibasic has been named Allianz Athlete of the Month for June after helping his side to become world champions.

Sitting Volleyball

Pool winners both lost in their first round of knockout matches

Boccia

Five great para-sport events will be live streamed this weekend so do not miss any of the action.

Sitting Volleyball

Friday's semi-finals World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships conclude with wins for USA and China in the women's competition, whilst Brazil and Bosnia and Herzegovina make the men's final.

Sitting Volleyball

The 2014 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Elblag, Poland, are seeing new initiatives and technology used to enhance the game.

Sitting Volleyball

Paralympic champions Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Iran and Russia remain unbeaten in the men's Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Poland.

Sitting Volleyball

World ParaVolley held its biennial General Assembly in Elblag, Poland on 12 June 2014 in the same city that is staging the 2014 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships for men and women.

German wheelchair tennis player Sabine Ellerbrock

Para dance sport

A jam-packed month in store for sports fans, highlighted by international competitions in fencing, shooting, athletics, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, goalball and para-triathlon.

Sitting Volleyball

Sixteen men’s and 12 women’s teams will vie for world titles in Poland in June.