PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Man with table tennis racket celebrates

The Ukrainian held off No. 2 Thomas Bouvais to advance in the men’s class 8 at the Para-Table Tennis European Championships.

wheelchair rugby player in yellow jersey defending the ball

Top-ranked Australia took the 2-point win over Great Britain, while USA rebounded from a tough loss to Canada.

The Great Britain team celebrate after winning the wheelchair rugby final match between Great Britain and Sweden at the 2015 European Championship in Pajulahti, Finland.

The top teams from around the world take on each other this week in London.

Scott Reardon and Heinrich Popow

After tying for the world title two years ago, the Australian sprinter wants to stand alone at the top of the podium at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

table tennis player in action

Home favourite Peter Rosenmeier is among those who won his match on day one of the para-table tennis Europeans.

Man in wheelchair on a podium, holding his medal

Snow Sports New Zealand have awarded the annual award to the double world champion sit-skier for the second year in a row.

Two men on a stage, on speaking into a microphone

The three-time Roland Garros champion is lending his support for the Paralympic Movement in Brazil.

A picture of a woman with a gold medal around her neck during a medal ceremony.

She is a strong contender for gold at Doha 2015, but what else do you know about South Africa’s leading sprinter?

Gold medallist Dan Greaves of England poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's F42/44 Discus at Hampden Park during day five of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

What would Great Britain's Dan Greaves have chosen as a career if it wasn't for athletics? Find out here, with five facts about the world and Paralympic discus F44 silver medallist.

Men in wheelchairs with a big championships trophy

The wheelchair rugby team will take-on some of the top teams around the world in London, then shortly later look to defend their regional title.