PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Top stars including Jong, Debrunner, Haddaoui and Bayekula impress with world records in the final meet before Paralympics

The 10 names you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics open in France on 28 August

Historical matter arising from the Russian state-sponsored doping scheme resolved by agreement between the IPC and athlete Aleksey Lyzhikhin

Having only picked up a paddle competitively at the age of 40, Republic of Korea's Young Dae Joo is targeting a second Paralympic gold medal at 51 years old. And he is also aiming to compete at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

The list of events includes the 2027 World Championships A-Pool, the 2026 and 2027 Women’s World Championships and the 2025 Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament. among others 

France Télévisions will provide continuous 24 hours a day coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, ensuring the French public do not miss a moment of the event

The IOC Executive Board recommends French Alps 2030 and Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 to the IOC session for election as hosts of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

LA28 becomes the first organising committee in Games history to propose additional sports for both the Olympic and Paralympic Sport Programmes

Three-time Paralympic gold medallist looks back at three decades in Para athletics and the work of SMILE Through Sport, an organisation founded by him dedicated to ensuring persons with disabilities the opportunities to take part in sports

A total of 389 athletes from over 50 nations line up in the pre-Paralympic event, with some of the biggest stars in Para Athletics from Great Britain, USA, Morocco and Switzerland to be in action at Charlety Stadium

The election for the IPC Athletes' Council will take place from 26 August to 5 September during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Meet Para table tennis power couple Christiana and Kayode Alabi, who are preparing to represent Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer

Lord Chris Holmes, Britain's most decorated Paralympic swimmer, reflects on his time as the Deputy Chairman of British broadcaster Channel 4. He was appointed deputy chair of the broadcaster in June 2018

Swiss wheelchair racer sets new world record in the women's 1500m T53/54* while Dutch blade runner mashes a five-year old world mark in the women's 100m T64 in the penultimate GP before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games; USA's Scaroni also sets a new world record* in Switzerland in the women's 5000m T54

Tokito Oda won successfully defended his men's wheelchair tennis singles crown at Roland Garros, while Dutch star Diede de Groot won her 14th straight Grand Slam singles title. Guy Sasson won the quad wheelchair tennis singles tournament in his French Open debut

Brazil put up an impressive show winning nine of 24 medal events, followed by strong showing from Colombia and the hosts France, in the last international competition before Paris 2024, in L’Aquapolis

Para table tennis has been part of every Paralympics since the first edition held in Rome in 1960

Para table tennis player Li Na Lei won two medals for Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. She is looking to extend her medal tally at Paris 2024

Poland topped the medal table followed by Ukraine and Serbia, even as Czech Republic, Georgia, Finland and Portugal bagged their first quota place for Paralympics over five days of intense action at the WSPS European Championships

The 10 names you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France