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10-16 March

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A night time shot of a river bank with stunning buildings in the background.
VISTA

Canadian Jennifer Mactavish will receive the award at October’s VISTA 2015 conference in recognition of her role in the successful re-inclusion of intellectually impaired athletes into the Paralympic Games.

2011 Inas Games

This weekend’s event will take place in Sheffield, Great Britain.

Powerlifting at the Parapans
Powerlifting

The Argentinian powerlifting team is training hard for the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships, a key step towards the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The Alpensia Resort is seen from above on February 10, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.
PyeongChang 2018

The Korea International Co-operation Agency will support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Melissa Tapper
Table Tennis

Players from Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Samoa will compete in the event between 10-12 April

Blindfolded women with guide running in a relay
Athletics

The Chinese Asian Para Games champion will be competing at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing and hopes to challenge her Brazilian rival later this year.

The TO2015 Parapan American Games Torch Relay will begin on 3 August 2015.
America

For the first time two separate flames will be lit in special ceremonies on 3 August which will then unite on 6 August

A picture of a girl swimming
Swimming

Olivier van der Voort and Lisette Teunissen are amongst those who set six world records at the Swim Cup Eindhoven in the Netherlands from 2-5 April.

New Zealand's Corey Peters won his first world titles at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.
Alpine Skiing

New world champion Corey Peters and Paralympic gold medallist Adam hall are expected to compete on home snow in New Zealand.

Motoi Oyama, President, CEO and Representative Director of ASICS; Yoshiro Mori, Tokyo 2020 President
Tokyo 2020

The corporation has joined in the category of “Sporting Goods" (Sports Apparel & Sports Equipment).

The number of VI classifiers increased by 50 per cent in April 2015 thanks to a training course in Athens, Greece.

Concluding a course hosted in Athens, Greece, the number of international visual impairment classifiers has now increased by 50 per cent.

Samsung Group became a domestic sponsor of PyeongChang 2018 in April 2015.
PyeongChang 2018

The sponsor package is worth KRW 100 billion.

Great Britain's Jacob Thomas
Boccia

The London 2012 hosts won four out of seven events in Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain.

A group of youngsters are taught how to ski
Alpine Skiing

Led by the Serbian National Paralympic Committee and supported by the Agitos Foundation, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania developed snowsport.

Three Ugandan men prepare the court for wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

Since the late 1980s Uganda has been recovering from the impacts of civil war, including developing para-sports for those affected by the conflict and the wider community.

Marcel Hug has three Superheros: Roger Federer, Nelson Mandela and Michael Jackson.
Athletics

The Swiss wheelchair racer is an inspiration to millions due to his performances on the track, but who inspires him?

A picture of a person in a wheelchair trying to make a pass between four other person in a wheelchair.
Wheelchair Rugby

BT WWRC15 tickets now on sale

After retiring from wheelchair basketball in 2014, Edina Müller has turned her attention to para-canoing
Wheelchair Basketball

German Paralympic wheelchair basketball champion sets her sights on competing in para-canoe at Rio 2016.

A total of 17 athletes were identified during talent scouting events in Colombia
Colombia

Focusing in on the most vulnerable areas of Colombia where living with an impairment can present huge challenges, Colombia have identified new athletes to expand their para-sport team.

Ellie Simmonds
Swimming

From qualifying for Durban 2006 to winning gold in front of home crowds at London 2012, Great Britain’s four-time Paralympic champion Simmonds has a lot to be proud of.