PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.

Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Chile all qualify for next year’s Parapan American Games

Man on a track holding a handbike above his head and smiling

On 5 September 2012, 21 years after he last raced there in Formula 3000, a laughing Alex Zanardi hoisted his handcycle aloft at Brands Hatch and punched the air after winning double gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

A woman in a wheelchair hits a tennis ball as a backhand.

Japanese world number ones will be aiming for title success at Flushing Meadows

Richard Browne of the United States looks on after the Men's 100m T44 heats on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Two races – the men’s 200m T44 and women’s 400m T34-54 – will take place at the final Diamond League meeting of the year.

Two men on a press conference podium.

German Thomas Weirkert succeeds Canadian Adham Sharara who has taken up his new role as ITTF President

Lin Ma

The Chinese class 9 player has had a tough season, but hopes to make a comeback at the 2014 ITTF Para-Table Tennis World Championships in Beijing.

Six men celebrating on a volleyball field.

The Paralympic Movement is filled with inspirational and compelling stories of triumph over adversity, but there are few stories as awe-inspiring as the Rwandan sitting volleyball team’s formation and qualification for London 2012.

Two women in wheelchairs with tennis rackets during a match

November’s event will feature 20 of the world’s best wheelchair tennis players.

Zak Madell

After a bumper month of sport in August, the nominations will be split into three categories beginning with Best Male.

Trischa Zorn

When US swimmer Trischa Zorn won her 55th and final Paralympic medal at the Athens 2004 Games, she cemented her place in the record books as the most decorated Paralympian in history.