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WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL NEWS

American wheelchair basketball player Steve Serio looks to pass the ball to a teammate.
Wheelchair Basketball

Find out which 12 players will be heading to Incheon, South Korea, in July.

A man in a wheelchair shoots a basketball layup.
Wheelchair Basketball

Eight teams will compete in Dubai: Iraq, Oman, Jordan, UAE, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Syria.

Zimbabwe wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

Although it has been a challenge to start the programme, with help para-sport is giving people in Zimbabwe a fresh outlook on life.

Brad Ness and Alberto Pellegrini
Wheelchair Basketball

Twenty-one players have been named to Australia's team for the IWBF Men's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

Justin Eveson
Wheelchair Basketball

Sixteen teams from around the world will play in wheelchair basketball’s biggest event this July.

Tracey Ferguson
Wheelchair Basketball

Twelve teams will compete in the World Championships in Toronto, as host nation Canada look to make the podium for the seventh time.

Cindy Ouellet
Wheelchair Basketball

The 12 teams participating in June’s event in Toronto have been divided into two pools.

NWBA wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

Paralympic champions Pat Anderson and David Eng of Canada are among the 20 wheelchair basketball players taking part in the event.

Cindy Ouellet
Wheelchair Basketball

Find out who made Canada’s squad for when they host the 2014 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

Mexico wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

Mexico shocked Paralympic champions Canada in the quarter-finals of the 2013 Americas Cup to advance to the World Championships.

Annika Zeyen of Germany during the Women's Wheelchair Basketball Gold Medal Match between Australia and Germany at the London 2012 Paralympics
Wheelchair Basketball

For the first time in 2014, there will be separate men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball World Championship events.

Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

Both Australia’s men’s and women’s teams won the IWBF Asia-Oceania Zone Championships, qualifying themselves for the World Championships.

Marlou van Rhijn Nike ad
Wheelchair Basketball

Highlights of 2013 on the commercial side of the Paralympic Movement have included Marlou van Rhijn’s Nike sponsorship and Guinness’ wheelchair basketball ad.

Brazil football 5-a-side
Wheelchair Rugby

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Australia wheelchair rugby, Brazil football 5-a-side and Canada men’s wheelchair basketball.

Patrick Anderson
Wheelchair Basketball

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Patrick Anderson, Ryley Batt, Daniel Dias, Heinrich Popow and David Weir.

David Eng and Justin Eveson
Wheelchair Basketball

Australia defeated Paralympic champions Canada in the gold-medal game of the Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Japan.

Patrick Anderson
Wheelchair Basketball

Find how to watch live action from the tournament of men’s wheelchair basketball teams from Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea.

IPC Honorary Board member Princess Margriet of the Netherlands meets members of the Dutch wheelchair basketball team.
Sochi 2014

IPC Honorary Board member Princess Margriet visits Dutch Paralympic athletes at Papendal.

South African men's wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

A majority of the wheelchairs for the event were produced by Motivation UK, a long-standing partner of the Agitos Foundation.

Wheelchair tennis at the 2013 Parapan American Youth Games
Football 7-a-side

Rio 2016 hosts win 209 medals in Buenos Aires as 10 sport Games comes to a close in Argentina.