PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two athletes doing taekwondo

Behind the support of the National Paralympic Committee of Korea, the class will help develop athletes and the sport.

Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg Gold Medal Contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

The new rankings take into account performances at May’s IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.

Bags with logos on a table

The Agitos Foundation is working with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee to ensure a meaningful legacy for para-sport in the Americas.

The National Paralympic Day, held on 27 May at the University of Botswana, saw 400 athletes compete with 58 officials overseeing the competitions, which included athletics, wheelchair basketball and netball.

National Paralympic Committee builds on momentum of Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme participation.

Football 7-a-side - Team Ukraine

The defending world champions Russia will go head-to-head with European title winner Ukraine in Sunday’s final of the Cerebral Palsy Football 7-a-side World Championships.

Chuck Aoki

The US wheelchair rugby player was recently referred to as an “Olympian.” He explains why that stuck out to him.

A picture of a man sit down on a basket

The Canadian wheelchair basketball ace was inducted into the Centre Wellington Sport Hall of Fame.

A picture of a woman doing snowboarding.

Event to be added to the snowboard programme to give new athletes more opportunities to compete.

Aurélie Rivard avec l’argent, Tully Kearney médaillée de bronze et Élodie Lorandi qui a remporté l’or sur le podium ce soir.

Ahead of the 2015 edition, take a look back to some of the performances and highlights from the last swimming World Championships.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing basketball.

The side for October’s Rio 2016 qualifier includes 14 world champions and six Paralympic gold medallists.