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10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

The 2015 World Rowing Championships is held in Aiguebelette, France.
Badminton

The first major international rowing competition kicks off, among other events this month.

Upper body of man throwing a red ball
Boccia

The competition will be held 9-19 August at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool.

Man in a canoe in action
Canoe

Brazilian canoers won five of the six Para canoe events contested in Paipa, Colombia.

Marlou van Rhijn of Netherlands competes in the Women's 200m - T44 Fina
Athletics

The Dutch three-time Paralympic gold medallist is looking to improve further under a new coach.

Jamie Burdekin Performing
Wheelchair Tennis

Great Britain’s three Paralympic players announced their retirements from competitive sport.

Jetze Plat NED celebrates winning the Gold Medal in the Men's PT1 Triathlon at Fort Copacabana. The Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro
Triathlon

The Netherlands’ dual-sport Paralympic champion started his season right with a triathlon win in Australia.

Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer of France
Wheelchair Tennis

France men’s wheelchair tennis team is favourite to defend last year’s title; the Netherlands and USA are hopeful of winning the women’s and quad’s events.

Abdellatif-Baka
Athletics

The 1,500m Paralympic champion made global headlines at Rio 2016 winning in a time faster than the Olympic gold medallist.

Male swimmer celebrates on pool deck
Swimming

The S4 swimmer lowered the 50m backstroke time of Mexico’s Juan Reyes set at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Japan's Sho Watanabe crosses the line to take the 2017 Tokyo marathon ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Hug.
Tokyo 2020

The Organising Committee is aiming to learn from the iconic event’s experience.

Cristian Valenzuela
Athletics

Chile’s London 2012 athletics champion is hoping to successfully defend the Doha 2015 world title in the men’s 5,000m T11 at London 2017.

Women in racing wheelchair
Athletics

Following marathon wins in Boston and London, can Manuela Schär challenge Tatyana McFadden’s dominance in the T54 class?

A swimmer smiles having won gold and set a new world record
Swimming

Uzbekistan’s Dmitriy Khorlin set a new Asian record in Sheffield, Great Britain, on Saturday (29 April).

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.
Shooting

The two-time Paralympic champion closed the Grand Prix in Szczecin with R5 gold.

Brazil and Argentina fought out a tough 0-0 draw in five-a-side football.
Blind Football

The 2018 World Championships will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 5-18 June following a request from the Spanish Blind Sports Federation.

Finland's Petri Posio and Erkki Miinala block the ball during their gold-medal match at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. After winning Paralympic gold, the Finnish squad will now host the 2014 World Championships.
Goalball

The latest video of a series aiming to raise awareness of goalball ahead of this year’s Europeans has been launched.

Brazilian Paralympic Centre
Wheelchair Fencing

The Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre will stage the Wheelchair Fencing Brazil Cup and an athletics and swimming regional event.

Panama - New offices
America

The new offices are located at the Irving Saladino Sports Complex in Panama City.

I'm Possible - Logo
America

NPC Colombia will launch the pilot of the Spanish version of the IPC’s educational programme in the city of Bogota, on 28 April.

Tapper taps a visually impaired swimmer on the head
Swimming

Paralympic champion Brad Snyder and tapper Brian Loeffler explain their tricks in the pool.