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20-23 September

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Aled Davies throwing a discus
Athletics

With the European Championships under three months away, Aled Davies says he’s ready to break the 50m barrier this summer. Italy’s Martina Caironi and South Africa’s Ilse Hayes are also aiming for round number this season.

A picture of a man with a gold medal around his neck during a medal ceremony
Swimming

De tickets voor het EK Zwemmen voor Gehandicapten van 4 tot 10 augustus 2014 in het Pieter van den Hoogenband zwemstadion in Eindhoven zijn vanaf vandaag online te verkrijgen.

Martina Caironi, winces,
Athletics

In a race against below-knee amputees, Martina Caironi pushed her self to the edge of her limits, to break the 200m T42 world record.

Markus Rehm, single leg amputee extends his legs over the long jump pit
Athletics

Germany's Markus Rehm edges closer to his ultimate goal, whilst Finland's Toni Piispanen had a better result earlier in the day.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force aerobatic demonstration team ‘Blue Impulse’ in action over the National Stadium and 40,000 fans.
Tokyo 2020

The stadium will be demolished in July and a new National Stadium will be built ready for the 2020 Paralympic Games.

A picture of a black woman in a wheelchair serving during a wheelchair tennis match.
Wheelchair Tennis

After reaching the semi-finals last year, Montjane is hoping for more success this year in Paris.

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium
Athletics

La città di Grosseto ospiterà i Campionati Europei di atletica paralimpica del 2016, anno delle Paralimpiadi di Rio.

Abdi Jama
Wheelchair Basketball

Four players will make their senior debuts at July's World Championships in Korea for Great Britain.

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium
Athletics

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships will take place in Grosseto, Italy, less than three months before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Athlete holding a rifle while practicing shooting.
Shooting

A selection of reigning Paralympic, world and regional champions as well as up-and-coming athletes to follow at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

A picture of women running on a tracking field
Athletics

Italian world champion Caironi hoping this weekend's Grand Prix can improve her form ahead of August's Europeans.

USA's ice sledge hockey team
Para Ice Hockey

Buffalo, New York, will host the eighth edition of the competition following the huge success of the sport at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

An ice sledge hockey player skates up to his teammate to celebrate.
Para Ice Hockey

The IPC’s Editorial Co-ordinator outlines some of the most insightful, funny and enlightening Paralympians in the world to interview.

Shooting
Shooting

Organisers of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships taking place in Suhl, Germany, are seeking people with language skills to volunteer for the biggest shooting para-sport competition in 2014.

Stefan Lokhoff
Football 7-a-side

The Netherlands, Brazil and Ukraine will compete this weekend at the International CP Tournament in Groesbeek.

A picture of a man on the starting block
Athletics

The sixth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season will see 341 athletes from 32 countries gather in Italy.

Athletes pose for a podium shot.
Cycling

New Zealand’s high-performance para-cycling programme is launching new medallists every year.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair shooting between two defenders during a wheelchair basketball match.
Wheelchair Basketball

The Canadian wheelchair basketball player gives fans a quick glance at her schedule in the lead-up to this summer’s big event.

A man paddles in a canoe.
Canoe

Find out which athletes are on top form heading into the summer’s World Championships.

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014
Powerlifting

The reigning World Champion reveals it was intervention by his coaches which prevented him from going further at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, but that he will go for 300kg at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.