PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Wimbledon announces wheelchair tennis singles events from 2016
After having wheelchair doubles on the programme for 10 years, Wimbledon will feature singles for men and women from 2016.
![Jeff Sauer, coach of Team USA, in the preliminary game against Germany at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.](/sites/default/files/images/150428043349769_20150427_USA%2Bv%2BDEU_0097.jpg)
Sauer named head coach of 2016 US sledge hockey team
USA Hockey also name support staff and announce national team tryouts.
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Canada name TO2015 wheelchair rugby squad
The world’s second best team know they will have to beat Team USA to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Mandip Sehmi](/sites/default/files/images/130807095722897_Mandip%2BSehmi.jpg)
Great Britain wheelchair rugby squad named for Euros
The wheelchair rugby squad features 12 players and is led by captain Chris Ryan.
![Teresa Perales](/sites/default/files/images/120116083244612_Teresea_Perales_Getty.jpg)
Spanish Paralympic Committee set Rio 2016 athlete criteria
The criteria was approved at the Spanish Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly.
![Swimming stars Keri-anne Payne and Scott Quin](/sites/default/files/images/150213101116876_swimming.jpg)
Glasgow 2015 to break broadcast records
A record number of media are also expected to attend the 2015 swimming Worlds, which begin on 13 July.
Faces of the Future: Great Britain's Alfie Hewett
The 17-year-old is the top-ranked junior and a rising star in the wheelchair tennis scene.
![A group of male wheelchair rugby players battling for the ball](/sites/default/files/images/150710143011053_alandineen_tomaslisy_0.jpg)
Schedule announced for Wheelchair Rugby European Championships
Hosts Finland to face Ireland on opening day.
![Elodie Lorandi](/sites/default/files/images/120704120438265_545892_418262614869381_831975244_n.jpg)
Seven Paralympic champions to watch at Glasgow 2015
Aside from the big name multiple medallists, who else should fans be on the look-out for at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships?
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IPC saddened by death of Eleiko owner Blomberg
Lennart Blomberg, of IPC Powerlifting partner Eleiko, passes away.