PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Riverbank Arena

With five days of Football 5-a-Side competition at London 2012, here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.

Football 5-a-side match - Great Britain vs Brazil

Here’s a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Football 5-a-Side at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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IOC and IPC Sign Co-operation Agreement Until 2020

USA Ice Sledge Hockey

Taylor Chace, Steve Cash and Alexi Salamone will try to help USA defend their world championship title in Korea in 2013.

Mark Colbourne

Nobody expected Mark Colbourne to throw himself into competitive sport after a paragliding accident three years ago, but now the Brit is set to make headlines at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

French skier at La Molina

The Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee looks ahead to the new IPC Alpine Skiing season

Noam Gershony

Esther Vergeer, Shingo Kunieda and Noam Gershony all took home first-place trophies in their respective singles classes at the British Open.

A picture of a girl jumping into a pool

In one of their final London 2012 Swimming tune-ups, Canada’s Amber Thomas and USA’s Jessica Long found success at the Can-Am Championships.

Alex Zanardi

Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi of Italy explains how handcycling was like meeting the woman of his dreams after having both of his legs amputated.

Justin Everson

At the World Challenge in Sydney, Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team beat Great Britain for gold and the women defeated Germany for the prize.