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20-23 September

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Wheechair Basketball Men game - Great Britain vs Australia

British men's wheelchair basketball team to face Canada, Spain and Germany in mid-June

Brazil football 5-a-side

Brazil’s football 5-a-side goalkeeper from London 2012 Fabio Luiz Ribeiro de Vasconcelos is the team’s new coach for 2013.

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Brazil are working to form further opportunities for athletes with an impairment in their country, including opportunities for them to participate in winter sports.

Martina Barbierato

Italian powerlifter Martina Barbierato became a star in a day, winning two bronze medals and a gold in Aleksin, Russia.

Russia powerlifting

Host nation Russia set three new world records on the third day of the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

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Russian powerlifting team

Holding the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Russia offers the nation a small window to expose para-sport in the Tula reigon.

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Paralympic champion to compete at BT Great CityGames.

Olesya Lafina

Olesya Lafina and Ildar Bedderdinov broke new world records and Vladimir Krivulya set a new European record for Russia at the Powerlifting Euros.

Berlin IDM 2013

Brazilian smashes his own time by nearly three seconds.

Beatrice Vio

Eighteen-year-old Beatrice Vio will be one to keep your eyes on at this weekend’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix.

Fearnley beats Hug to 2013 London marathon title

Australian to take a break as he prepares for Rio 2016

Aniek van Koot

Final will take place on Friday 24 May

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80 competitors expected, 11 will defend national titles.

Nazmiye Muslu

Turkey’s Nazimye Muslu showed why she’s atop the class on the first day of the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

Blake Leeper

World records tumble as World Championships edge closer.

Nazmiye Muslu

Turkey’s Nazmiye Muslu spoke to Paralympic.org after winning gold with a world-record lift at the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

Kazuhiro Takahashi

The IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament will be Japan’s last chance at trying to qualify for Sochi 2014.

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American Leeper is looking to deprive Peacock of victory at home.

Canada ice sledge hockey team

50 athlete and coach pairings receive $8,000 to help fuel their sport dreams.