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10-16 March

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Alvaro Valera of Spain at the 2015 ITTF Para Table Tennis European Championships
Table Tennis

The Spanish Para table tennis player last won Paralympic gold 16 years ago. He is determined to reclaim his title at Rio 2016.

Rio 2016 Preview: Men’s up to 97kg
Powerlifting

Rivals Abdulazeez Ibrahim of Nigeria and Egypt’s Mohamed Eldib are the ones to watch for in this event.

Man being filmed by a smartphone

Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during August.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Village will host around4,350 athletes.
Rio 2016

About 4,350 Paralympians will be calling the village home, along with support staff and sports officials

Olympic champion Serginho Santos

Brazil’s two-time volleyball Olympic champion visited the men’s national sitting volleyball team and gave Para sport a try.

Men’s 200m freestyle S14
Swimming

Iceland’s returning champion Jon Margeir Sverisson will face stiff competition on his way to defend his title.

Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain competes in the 800m race during the ParAthletics Grand Prix 2015 in Nottwil, Switzerland
Athletics

The 24 year-old is almost a veteran against her teenage rivals at the Paralympic Games.

International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS)
Rio 2016

The sports science conference gathers sports medicine professionals from around the world, this time on the theme: ‘Saying Yes to Diversity in Sport.’

Aerial view of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio, Brazil, which will host rowing and canoe events during the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Global campaign backed by Coldplay to buy Paralympic tickets for Brazilian children reached its target in just 72 hours. Up to 10,000 tickets now available.

Para-Shooter Michael Johnson
Shooting

From winning gold at Athens 2004 to a car accident just before the World Championships in 2006, Johnson relives his career.

Sophie Wells
Equestrian

Get to know the British grade IV rider ahead of Rio 2016.

Woman sits in chair and throws discus
Athletics

The discus world champion talks us through how she is preparing for Rio 2016.

Helen Kearney
Equestrian

Get to know the Irish grade 1a rider ahead of Rio 2016.

Panasonic

Seven school finalists were named for the Kid Witness News, with the winners to be named during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Rio 2016 Paralympic Torch design is white with red, orange circles.
Rio 2016

Hashtags related to the Paralympic and Rio 2016 values and sent by social media users around the world will be used to 'light' the flame virtually.

Rio 2016 preview: Men’s 400m freestyle S11
Swimming

USA’s Bradley Snyder will aim to defend his title from London 2012.

Rio 2016 Preview: Women’s up to 86kg
Powerlifting

Egypt’s reigning world champion Randa Mahmoud is the one to watch.

Rio 2016 preview: P3 (mixed 25m pistol SH1)
Shooting

Norberg, known as “the hot shot,” can live up to his nickname at Rio 2016.

Four Para athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for August 2016: Ekrem Gundogdu, Hannah Cockroft, Mehdi Jemali and Heinrich Popow.
Summer Sports

The public has until 6 September to vote for their favourite from the four candidates.

Aerial view on stadium
Rio 2016

Surge in interest after success of Olympic Games continues, with nearly 100 sessions sold out.