The number of women competing at the Paralympic Games has doubled in the last 20 years.
New Zealand
Sky Sport New Zealand set to air live coverage of London 2012 ceremonies and daily highlights from the Paralympic Games competition.
USA
US Paralympics will team up with NBC to air several one-hour highlight shows of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
The Paralympic Ball will be a glamorous black-tie event to raise funds for the IPC's Agitos Foundation on 5 September in London.
Summer Sports
Flames will be created at the summits of the UK’s four highest peaks and there will be a 24-hour relay route for the Paralympic Torch.
The IPC revealed nine names with more than 100 years of sport commentary experience between them that will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of its live sport coverage.
Sitting Volleyball
With 10 men’s and eight women’s teams battling it out on the Sitting Volleyball court at the ExCeL, here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.
Sitting Volleyball
Here’s a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Sitting Volleyball at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Azerbaijan
At the Paralympic Games, Azerbaijan will be led by top Judo athletes, including two-time reigning Paralympic champion Ilham Zakiyev.
2012 IPC Athletics European Championships Stadskanaal
Double European champion stripped of his titles from Stadskanaal
Football 7-a-side
Having won their final Paralympic tune-up, Iran heads to the Riverbank Arena in London as a dark horse in the Football 7-a-Side competition.
Summer Sports
During the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the IPC will feature more than 780 hours of live sporting coverage on www.paralympic.org.
Football 7-a-side
Here is a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Football 7-a-Side at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
BBC Radio 5 live to have wealth of London 2012 Paralympic coverage from expert commentators.
Summer Sports
Over 2.1 million tickets sold for London, already beating the record set in Beijing in 2008
Football 7-a-side
Taras Dutko and Volodymyr Antoniuk hope to make it three Paralympic golds in a row for Ukraine Football 7-a-Side at London 2012.
Cycling
Irish cyclist Cathal Miller, who will compete in three different Cycling events at London 2012, will carry his delegation’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.
Football 7-a-side
The Football 7-a-Side gold-medal match will be the final major sporting event of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
USA
The American delegation will compete in 19 sports at the Paralympic Games, hoping to better their third-place finish from Beijing 2008.
Athletics
Sprinter Evan O’Hanlon and four others were the first of Australia’s large Paralympic delegation to head to Cardiff for their pre-Games camp.