PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Blind football at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Para equestrian in the Chateau de Versailles gardens – the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will shine throughout the “City of Light” when the Games open on 28 August

Canada’s Tess Routliffe and Germany’s Malte Braunschweig will be competing in the Paralympics weeks after their siblings Erin Routliffe and Ole Braunschweig took part in the Olympics in the French capital

As we reach one month to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympics, 20-time Para swimming champion Beatrice Hess shares her excitement and expectations for the first Games in her home country

Thirteen-time Paralympic champion is the first leg amputee swimmer ever to compete in the Olympic Games in the women's 10km open water race at Beijing 2008

Hungarian made history with two gold medals in pistol shooting at the London 1948 and Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games

The 10 names you should be looking out for at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

IPC President Andrew Parsons and Paralympian Ileana Rodriguez were both speakers at the Sports for Sustainable Development Summit in Paris, France

Dylan Alcott, the four-time Paralympic champion in wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball, reflects on his role in elevating the Games to headline status

More than 1,000 listings with step-free accessibility features are available on Airbnb in the Paris region alone, including nearly 300 listings featured in the Adapted category

Wheelchair tennis player Angelica Bernal says, "Playing sports and getting to know other athletes from Colombia and other regions, has allowed me to show that we are strong and that we fight every day for our dreams."

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said, “On behalf of the Paralympic Movement, I would like to send my congratulations to French Alps 2030 and Salt Lake City-Utah 2034. Both host cities present very different proposals and exciting opportunities for the Paralympic Movement in the years ahead."

South Africa's wheelchair tennis pioneer Kgothatso Montjane shares how she is preparing for Paris 2024, her fourth Paralympic Games

Zakia Khudadadi will compete in Para taekwondo as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team

Wheelchair tennis is a sport that requires dynamic movement, tactics and incredible racquet skills

Seoul last hosted the event in 2007 and has a track record for hosting major events within the Paralympic Movement

Built for the 1998 Football World Cup, the multi-purpose arena was renovated and received a purple track for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

The 10 names you should be looking out for when the Paris 2024 Paralympics open in France

Baqer Almusa was directly involved in the promotion and growth of frame running as a tool to empower persons with disabilities, particularly high-support need athletes

Three years after finishing the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a bronze medal, Japan wheelchair rugby captain Yukinobu Ike is ready to lead his team to the top of the podium at Paris 2024.

Sarah Adam is set to become the first woman to represent Team USA in wheelchair rugby at a Paralympic Games. As she prepares for her Paralympic debut, she shares how she started the sport and what it means for her