PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![The Paralympic Movement's Athletes' Council.](/sites/default/files/images/170404161334082_IPC%2BAthletes%2BCouncil.jpg)
Deadline extended for IPC Athletes’ Forum
Para athletes from around the world interested in engaging with the IPC and IPC Athletes’ Council have until 7 April to register.
![World Anti Doping Agency's Logo.](/sites/default/files/images/120113112310550_World_Anti_Doping_Agency_PlayTrue_200dpi.jpg)
WADA publishes 2015 anti-doping rule violations report
Report illustrates doping offences committed in global sport during 2015
![USA v Canada at the Harborcenter in Buffalo, NY. May 3, 2015. Gold Medal Game - 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool. Photo by Bill Wippert](/sites/default/files/images/150504095746544_web%2B20150503_USA%2Bv%2BCAN_0367.jpg)
Josh Pauls fine-tuning his game under new coach
Team USA learning better puck retrieval skills heading into 2017 World Championships.
![Two men playing wheelchair rugby collide their chairs.](/sites/default/files/images/160811081211078_2016%2BCanada%2BCup_Kevin%2BBogetti-Smith.jpg)
2017 IWRF Americas, Asia-Oceania hosts named
Three nations from these will Zonal Championships will qualify for the 2018 World Championship.
![Two Japanese men pose for a photo as a woman hands over a cell phone](/sites/default/files/images/170403095323916_Tokyo%2B2020%2BMedal%2BProject%2B1.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 collects metals for medals
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has begun its project of using recycled metals to create the gold, silver and bronze Games medals.
![Team Preview: Italy](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/3wr3L7F9jJzkRXSHPV_R3yMpR2wDbNIRppMRti9eB9o.jpg?itok=lq3lYqBk)
Gangneung 2017: Italy team preview
The Italians will be hoping to improve on their best ever finish from 2015, at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool.
![Brent Lakatos of Canada competes in the men's 400 meter T53 at Olympic Stadium during day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/170109122003217_Brent%2BLakatos_Athletics_GettyImages-602225706.jpg)
London Calling – Canada’s Brent Lakatos
In a new weekly series we hear from the world’s top Para athletes hoping to head to Great Britain this summer for the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.
Australian rowers check form at SIRR
Australian Para rowers hit the water for the first time since Rio 2016.
2017 summer sport World Championships at a glance
As we transition from the winter to summer sports season, here is a quick rundown on what to follow.
Bayley, Davies head field at BPTT Nationals
The Paralympic champions will give young, up-and-coming British Para table tennis players strong competition.