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20-23 September

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Doha 2015 workshop for disability centres across Qatar
Athletics

The organisers of the IPC Athletics World Championships want the event to leave a positive legacy in Qatar.

Athletes practicing sailing.
Sailing

The documentary explores the new programme and gives insight from sailors who attended the clinic over the summer 2015.

Woman with a cup, sitting in a wheelchair
Wheelchair Tennis

The top singles players from around the world will close their seasons at the tournament in London.

Finland's Henry Manni at the Swansea 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships
Athletics

It is the battle of the brothers at Doha 2015 as Henry Manni takes on his brother Tuomas. Find out more facts about world bronze medallist.

Graphic with two female athletes
Athletics

The two T38 class rivals will go for gold over 100m and 200m at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Man with table tennis racket celebrates
Table Tennis

The Ukrainian held off No. 2 Thomas Bouvais to advance in the men’s class 8 at the Para-Table Tennis European Championships.

wheelchair rugby player in yellow jersey defending the ball
Wheelchair Rugby

Top-ranked Australia took the 2-point win over Great Britain, while USA rebounded from a tough loss to Canada.

The Great Britain team celebrate after winning the wheelchair rugby final match between Great Britain and Sweden at the 2015 European Championship in Pajulahti, Finland.
Wheelchair Rugby

The top teams from around the world take on each other this week in London.

Scott Reardon and Heinrich Popow
Athletics

After tying for the world title two years ago, the Australian sprinter wants to stand alone at the top of the podium at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

table tennis player in action
Table Tennis

Home favourite Peter Rosenmeier is among those who won his match on day one of the para-table tennis Europeans.

Man in wheelchair on a podium, holding his medal
Alpine Skiing

Snow Sports New Zealand have awarded the annual award to the double world champion sit-skier for the second year in a row.

Two men on a stage, on speaking into a microphone
America

The three-time Roland Garros champion is lending his support for the Paralympic Movement in Brazil.

A picture of a woman with a gold medal around her neck during a medal ceremony.
Athletics

She is a strong contender for gold at Doha 2015, but what else do you know about South Africa’s leading sprinter?

Gold medallist Dan Greaves of England poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's F42/44 Discus at Hampden Park during day five of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletics

What would Great Britain's Dan Greaves have chosen as a career if it wasn't for athletics? Find out here, with five facts about the world and Paralympic discus F44 silver medallist.

Men in wheelchairs with a big championships trophy
Wheelchair Rugby

The wheelchair rugby team will take-on some of the top teams around the world in London, then shortly later look to defend their regional title.

Peter Rosenmeier from Denmark plays at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Table Tennis

Competition kicks off on 12 October in Vejle, Denmark.

Woman in rowing boat
Rowing

The Israeli won her first World Championships gold medal in para-rowing.

Woman in racing wheelchair, smiling
Athletics

The marathon served as a Paralympic qualifier for Team USA.

Colin Lynch
Cycling

A punctured tyre dashed the Irishman’s hopes of breaking the record.

Team Canada at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA
Para Ice Hockey

Fifteen players who helped Canada win silver at the 2015 World Championships A-Pool named to 2015-16 squad, alongside five new faces.