PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Football 7-a-side

Having won their final Paralympic tune-up, Iran heads to the Riverbank Arena in London as a dark horse in the Football 7-a-Side competition.

Summer Sports

During the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the IPC will feature more than 780 hours of live sporting coverage on www.paralympic.org.

Football 7-a-side

Here is a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Football 7-a-Side at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

BBC Radio 5 live to have wealth of London 2012 Paralympic coverage from expert commentators.

Summer Sports

Over 2.1 million tickets sold for London, already beating the record set in Beijing in 2008

Football 7-a-side

Taras Dutko and Volodymyr Antoniuk hope to make it three Paralympic golds in a row for Ukraine Football 7-a-Side at London 2012.

Cycling

Irish cyclist Cathal Miller, who will compete in three different Cycling events at London 2012, will carry his delegation’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.

Football 7-a-side

The Football 7-a-Side gold-medal match will be the final major sporting event of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

USA

The American delegation will compete in 19 sports at the Paralympic Games, hoping to better their third-place finish from Beijing 2008.

Athletics

Sprinter Evan O’Hanlon and four others were the first of Australia’s large Paralympic delegation to head to Cardiff for their pre-Games camp.

United Arab Emirates

Paralympic teams from Saudia Arabia and the United Arabe Emirates have arrived in Stoke Mandeville, the historic birthplace of the Paralympic Games, for their final training camp.

The London 2012 Games-time edition of the IPC’s magazine will be a useful companion to anyone wanting to follow the Paralympics.

Wheelchair Fencing

At 47 years old, Hungarian wheelchair fencer Pal Szekeres is still the only athlete to date to have medalled at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Athletics

With nine Paralympic medals, including three golds, to his name, Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley talks about being a veteran on the track.

The IPC, LOCOG, government ministers and other sponsors and partners for London 2012 will take part in the IPC Academy’s three-day experience programme.

The IPC website will feature a groundbreaking new video player to live stream more than 780 hours of sporting action from the London 2012 Games.

The IPC, LOCOG, government ministers and other sponsors and partners for London 2012 will take part in the IPC Academy’s three-day experience programme.

Ottobock, the IPC’s worldwide partner, has moved its travelling exhibition Passion for Paralympics to the Westfield London Shopping Centre.

Wheelchair Fencing

With five days of Wheelchair Fencing events at the London 2012 competition, here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.

Para Ice Hockey

Novi Sad, Serbia will host the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey B Pool World Championships from 12-17 November.