PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![male Para archer Pema Rigsel prepares to shoot an arrow](/sites/default/files/images/180925102609501_pema-Rigsel.jpg)
Indonesia 2018: Pema Rigsel ready for history
Para archer will be Bhutan’s first athlete at Asian Para Games
![a group of blind footballers in an Ireland gym holding footballs](/sites/default/files/images/180925145217626_blind-football-Ireland_0.jpeg)
Ireland targets blind football growth
IBSA donates balls and eyeshades to Football Association of Ireland
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Paralympic and Euros winners shine in Yokohama
Morales and Fiddes stage Dublin rematch at Japan Para Swimming Games
![Day Three Cross Country Skiing Highlights | PyeongChang 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/9LkVXuULznXt_Q6ynSsgmJ4UR_-fbPdiIu9MVySdDAM.jpg?itok=sTct-Vuy)
Brian McKeever wins Canadian Sport Awards
Performance in PyeongChang gives skier Winter Athlete of the Year prize
![Man in a wheelchair shooting a rifle](/sites/default/files/images/180924115236947_GettyImages-151139664.jpg)
Chateauroux 2018: Tanguy de la Forest fully focused
Athlete in shooting range and NPC Secretary General outside
![a female Para athlete holds up her gold medal and her mascot](/sites/default/files/images/180318063530864_Oksana%2BMasters%2Bmedal.jpg)
Paralympians to earn equal payouts as Olympians in the USA
USOC to increase Operation Gold Awards for Paralympics by as much as 400 per cent
![Kitakyushu 2018 | Siamand Rahman wins the men´s over 107kg](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/K-pIzPti4aSXTHATTMoobS0w7wINhPQIge7icJI369s.jpg?itok=yrJW3GcN)
Kitakyushu 2018: Siamand Rahman named Best Powerlifter
Iranian wins social media vote after Asia-Oceania title triumph
![Italian female wheelchair fencer takes off her mask after a win](/sites/default/files/images/180924143706811_bebe-vio.jpg)
Terni 2018: Bebe Vio celebrates trio
Italian sensation wins third European title
![Paralympic Sport A-Z: Goalball](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/fJfvYUDgNXgt5dfA9MzQkH9zDG3hyoLKypImepX6lns.jpg?itok=dmXl2iMo)
Indonesia 2018: Spotlight on goalball
China and Japan the favourites to medal at Asian Para Games
![Man and boy with an impairment in the left arm](/sites/default/files/images/180924164601341_Petrucio%2BFerreira%2Band%2BRian%2BMendes%2B-%2BParalympic%2BFestival.jpeg)
Brazil hosts Para sport Festival for 7,000 children
Rio 2016 champion Petrucio Ferreira meets young runner in Joao Pessoa