PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A graphic mockup of what Place de la Bastille will look like on Paralympic Day.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Paralympic%20Day%20Paris%202024%20mockup%202.jpg)
Paralympic Day to take over Place de la Bastille on October 8
Paralympic Day will give visitors an opportunity to try Para sports and meet accomplished Para athletes
![A female wheelchair dancer with a red dress during a competition](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Bonn%202019%20-%20Helena%20Kasicka.jpg)
World Cup returns to Kosice as final test for Euros
World champion Kasicka to lead hosts Slovakia's challenge as 15 nations to fight for medals during two days of competition
![Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward look on from the royal box during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Queen%20Elizabeth%20II%20London%202012.jpg)
Statement from IPC President Andrew Parsons on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The International Paralympic Committee expresses its condolences following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
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World Para Swimming launches new Citi Para Swimming World Series
Next season to include nine Series across four continents from February to November with new dates for Singapore announced
![Annika Zeyen running](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1337411315low.jpg)
Top 5 tips to get started in road cycling from golden girl Annika Zeyen
Multi-Paralympic and world champion gives advice on how to go from recreational cyclist to racing supernova
![White lab coats hang on the wall in an anti-doping laboratory.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/lab%20coats%20anti-doping%20London%202012.jpg)
WADA announces candidates appointed or elected to 2023 Athlete Council
World Anti-Doping Agency issues call for Group 3 candidates
![A female wheelchair athlete plays a forehand on a blue court.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Ruby%20Bishop%20Great%20Britain%20wheelchair%20tennis.jpg)
Junior wheelchair tennis players set for historic US Open title bid
First junior wheelchair tournament to take place at a Grand Slam ready to start at 2022 US Open
![A closeup of a male tennis player as he plays a backhand during a wheelchair tennis tournament.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Kunieda%20Wimbledon%202022.jpg)
Kunieda targeting ninth US Open and calendar Grand Slam history
• Diede de Groot on a quest for her fifth successive US Open title with the added challenge of the expanded draw
![Three shooters in wheelchairs competing in an indoor shooting range](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Lima%202021%20World%20Cup06.jpg)
Lima to host World Championships in 2023
Competition will be held in the Americas for the first time in the venue where shooting Para sport made its Parapan American Games debut in 2019
![A blind football player in a blue jersey competes for the ball against a player in a white jersey at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Japan%20blind%20football.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Blind football league launched a year after Games
Players and officials pin high hopes on new league after Japan made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo