PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Draw made for 2018 Wheelchair Rugby Worlds
Hosts and tournament favourites Australia lead Pool A
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Brazilian brilliance delights home crowd in Sao Paulo
National records tumble on opening day of World Series
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Heroic triumph for Veronica Hipolito in Sao Paulo
Brazilian sprinter wins Grand Prix gold despite imminent surgery
Cheongju 2018: Pistol preview
Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi can add to her historic pair of Paralympic golds
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Para dance sport breaks new ground in USA
Applications now open for first intro course to be held in the Americas
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Madrid 2018: Thai head coach sets bar high
Asian blind football team to make their debut at World Championships
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World champions head stellar Sao Paulo line-up
More than two hundred athletes set to compete at Grand Prix in Brazil
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Daniel Dias starts World Series title defence
Brazilian Paralympic swimming legend will be the one to watch in Sao Paulo
Germany cautious ahead of 2018 goalball Worlds
Young team to contest men’s Championships in Sweden this summer
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Championships hosts wanted by INAS
Athletics and swimming competitions in Europe, Asia and the Americas head list