PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World No. 1 players Oda and de Groot looking to create more history at US Open
The US Open Wheelchair Championships are taking place between 5-10 September
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Qualification criteria published for Kobe 2024 World Championships
Competition programme will hold 171 medal events at the 11th edition of the Worlds from 17 to 25 May next year in Japan
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Unstoppable Team USA retain title beating Canada 2-0
Team World outplay Great Britain 7-0 to clinch bronze for second straight year as Women's World Challenge presented by Citi concludes in Green Bay
![Alyssa White of Canada (centre) in action during the Green Bay 2023 Women's World Challenge.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Alyssa%20White%20_Green%20Bay%202023_Day%203.jpg)
White urges for more 'people of colour' in sport
Canada rout Great Britain 9-0, USA outplay Team World 7-0
![Norway's Lena Schroeder of Team World at Green Bay 2023 Women’s World Challenge.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Lena%20Schroeder_Team%20World_Green%20Bay%202023%20%282%29.jpg)
Multifaceted Lena Schroeder sets sight on space
Canada beat World Team 4-2, USA rout Great Britain 7-0
![The Grand Palais, one of the venues of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Grand%20Palais%20-%20EXT%20-%20PARA.jpg)
Paris 2024 hosts Chefs de Mission Seminar one year before the Paralympic Games
Paris 2024 welcomed representatives of National Paralympic Committees from around the world for a six-day seminar in the French capital
![A female Para ice hockey player on ice](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Stacey%20Quirk.jpg)
Stacey Quirk happy with Great Britain's steady progress after day one
British player scores first goal of this year's Women's World Challenge in 5-1 defeat to Team World, USA cruises to victory against Canada
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Citi Volunteer Award 2023 nominees: In memory of Tor Undheim
Norwegian posthumously nominated for contribution to Para Nordic skiing as one of three contenders for the honour, which can be voted for online as part of the 2023 PARA SPORT Awards
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Dubai 2023: Mohsin steers Iraq to first men’s team gold
A strong Chinese team take women’s team gold, while Ukraine claim mixed team triumph to wrap up this year's World Championships
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Citi Volunteer Award 2023 nominees: Meet James Chiutsi
Malawi Paralympic Committee President one of three people shortlisted for the honour, which can be voted for online as part of the 2023 PARA SPORT Awards