Canada downed Japan, 11-0, and the USA defeated Norway, 3-1, to kick off the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.
Great Britain
The British Paraorchestra has launched 'True Colors', featuring ParalympicsGB athletes & The Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf & Hearing Children, which it hopes will be the Christmas No. 1.
Wheelchair Tennis
From 2014-2016, the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters will to be the first sporting event to take place in Olympic Park after London 2012 Games.
Athletics
In addition to winning Paralympic gold, American Jeremy Campbell broke the discus F44 world record four times in 2012, making for the No. 29 moment of the year.
Canada
To mark the UN’s International Day for Persons with Disabilities, the Canadian Paralympic Committee has launched a recruitment campaign. “It’s More Than Sport” in which para-athletes reflect on how sport has influenced their lives.
Para Ice Hockey
Canada, USA, Norway and Japan will compete at this week’s World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary, Canada.
London 2012
South Africa’s Natalie du Toit rounded of her swimming career with 13 Paralympic and 12 world championship golds. Her final competitive swim brought in her second Paralympic silver and a huge cheer from the crowds in London’s Aquatics Centre.
Swimming
Swimmer Matt Cowdrey won eight medals at London 2012 to become Australia’s most-decorated Paralympian of all-time, making his performance the No. 31 moment of the year.
London 2012
A journal entry from a spectator’s personal experience at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Sailing
One athlete’s fight against three Paralympic gold medallists to take the top of the podium at the London Games is Paralympic moment No. 32 of 2012.
Para Ice Hockey
Having won the last World Championships and Paralympic Games, American Alexi Salamone is now being heralded as one of the world’s ice sledge hockey greats.
Swimming
Andre Brasil, Terezinha Guilhermina and Alan Cardoso Fonteles Oliveira will all be competing on the national stage this weekend in Brazil.
Wheelchair Fencing
Sixty-four athletes from 11 countries will compete in the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup this weekend in Eger, Hungary.
The video, “London 2012 – Best Games Ever” celebrates the contribution that Paralympians at London 2012 made as agents for societal change, and highlights what people with an impairment can achieve, if barriers are removed.
Wheelchair Basketball
Brazil defeated Argentina for gold at the South American Wheelchair Basketball Championships, though both qualified for the Americas Cup.
South Africa
The IPC has extended its memorandum of understanding with the Clinical Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Group (CSEMRG) in South Africa.
2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships Hamar
Nobody expected Korea to make the podium at last year’s Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships, so their surprise silver is the No. 33 moment of 2012.
VISTA
American Paralympic wheelchair racer Anjali Forber-Pratt shares why it’s vital that athletes are represented at the IPC’s sports science conference.
Cycling
Sometimes it takes more than a winner to inspire and excite fans. That was certainly the case for Haitian earthquake survivor Leon Gaysli when he crossed the line last at Brands Hatch. The emotional moment is the No. 34 of 2012.
Swimming
Kirsten Bruhn won a BAMBI award, and Birgit Kober, Jochen Wollmert and Germany’s women’s wheelchair basketball team were also honoured.