PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Canada ice sledge hockey team

50 athlete and coach pairings receive $8,000 to help fuel their sport dreams.

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Daniel Dias competing

Paralympic champions line up ahead of World Champs in August.

Patrick Ardon

France’s Patrick Ardon and Souhad Ghazouani both will be strong medal hopefuls at this week’s IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.

David Weir - London 2012

BAFTA winners to screen World Championships, Grand Prix Final and Anniversary Games

Nazmiye Muslu

Here’s a breakdown of what to watch each day at this week’s 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.

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The men’s wheelchair basketball team IRB Boufarik won the 2013 Algeria Cup Trophy, after beating the Nour M’Sila, 41-38, in the final.

Lola Ochoa

First day of BNP Paribas World Team Cup concludes in Antalya, Turkey

Derek Whitson

Immediately after returning from a gold-medal victory at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship A-Pool, Canada's Derek Whitson hit the football 7-a-side pitch.

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London medallists and world record holders head up team