PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Madeira to host 2021 Para Swimming Worlds
Tenth edition of the World Championships will be the first to take place in Portugal
![Overview of packed ice arena](/sites/default/files/2019-09/ostrva-2019.jpg)
Host the next World Para Ice Hockey Championships!
Interested organisers can bid to host the sport’s biggest event in 2021
![Alice Tai - London 2019 - swimming - Great Britain - day 4](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Alice-Tai-London-2019-day-4.jpg)
London 2019: Alice Tai’s fourth gold ends Long unbeaten run
Legends dethroned on sensational night of upsets at Para swimming Worlds
![Woman presents man with award](/sites/default/files/2019-09/2019%20-%20Vista%20Congres-23.jpg)
VISTA 2019: Ninth Para sports science conference concludes
More than 340 people attended the four-day event in Amsterdam
![Georgian wheelchair fencer battles Beatrice Vio](/sites/default/files/images/190527134342715_Beatrice-Vio.jpg)
Cheongju 2019: IPC announces wheelchair fencing Ones to Watch
Six athletes predicted to battle for gold on the World Championship piste
![two male Para swimmers high fiving in the water](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Barlaam-and-Morlacchi-London-2019-2.jpg)
London 2019: Italy seal sensational shared gold
Dramatic medal ties highlight third day of Para swimming Worlds
![a group of male Para cyclists race along the road](/sites/default/files/images/180626084104920_Rio%2B2016%2BH2%2Bcycling_0.jpg)
Emmen 2019: Rainbow jerseys and Tokyo 2020 spots at stake at cycling Worlds
Cyclists will compete across time trial and road races in the Netherlands
![Two female Para dancers performing](/sites/default/files/2019-09/galina-ryzhkova.jpg)
Russia hold nothing back at St. Petersburg World Para Dance Sport Continents Cup
Nation wins 12 of 14 medal events as appetiser for upcoming 2019 Worlds
![Man paddles in kayak](/sites/default/files/2019-08/peter-pal-kiss.jpg)
Canoe world champion Peter Pal Kiss is Allianz Athlete of the Month
Hungarian teenager finished top of the public polls over four other nominees
![three female Para swimmers on the podium holding up their medals](/sites/default/files/2019-09/Chantalle-Zijderveld-London-2019.jpg)
London 2019: Double Dutch delight on day two of Worlds
World records and dominant performances at Para swimming Championships