PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Blind Football

Here’s a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Football 5-a-Side at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Future Games

IOC and IPC Sign Co-operation Agreement Until 2020

Para Ice Hockey

Taylor Chace, Steve Cash and Alexi Salamone will try to help USA defend their world championship title in Korea in 2013.

Cycling

Nobody expected Mark Colbourne to throw himself into competitive sport after a paragliding accident three years ago, but now the Brit is set to make headlines at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Alpine Skiing

The Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee looks ahead to the new IPC Alpine Skiing season

Wheelchair Tennis

Esther Vergeer, Shingo Kunieda and Noam Gershony all took home first-place trophies in their respective singles classes at the British Open.

Swimming

In one of their final London 2012 Swimming tune-ups, Canada’s Amber Thomas and USA’s Jessica Long found success at the Can-Am Championships.

Cycling

Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi of Italy explains how handcycling was like meeting the woman of his dreams after having both of his legs amputated.

Wheelchair Basketball

At the World Challenge in Sydney, Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team beat Great Britain for gold and the women defeated Germany for the prize.

Wheelchair Tennis

No. 8 Michael Jeremiasz recorded a three-set victory over No. 1 Stephane Houdet to advance to the Wheelchair Tennis British Open semi-finals.

Wheelchair Basketball

In a pre-Paralympics test series, USA’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball won the best-of-three series against Canada.

Wheelchair Tennis

Andy Lapthorne and Jamie Burdekin gave impressive performances on Wednesday to advance to the quad singles semi-finals at the British Open.

Cycling

Jody Cundy, as well as Sarah Storey, both swimmers turned cyclists, will look to repeat as Paralympic champions for Great Britain at London 2012.

Wheelchair Tennis

With less than seven weeks until the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Netherlands' Maikel Scheffers looks to win his third British Open title.

Cycling

With eight days of Para-Cycling events at London 2012 , here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.

Athletics

Veteran wheelchair racer Kenny van Weeghel and double-amputee sprinter Marlou van Rhijn will lead the Netherlands in London.

Blind Football

Gaming fans can try out their football skills in a new online simulation created by Sainsbury’s, Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay

Swimming

Canada’s Paralympic Swimmers test their form before they head off to London for the Paralympic Games.

Cycling

Here's a preview of our profile with Czech para-cyclist Jiri Jezek that will appear in the August edition of the IPC's magazine, The Paralympian.

Wheelchair Tennis

The Johan Cruyff Foundation continues its involvement in the Wheelchair Tennis.