PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Canada ice sledge hockey

Billy Bridges netted a hat trick in Canada’s 10-0 victory against Norway in the first of their three-game exhibition series.

Changing lives through sport

The IPC contributed to the fourth edition of the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp in Doha, where 29 young people from Africa and the Middle East developed a vision to improve their communities through sport.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair serving during a tennis match

The athletes competing in the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of 2013 were revealed.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Japan’s Kozo Kubo won the men’s long distance biathlon to maintain first place in the 2012-13 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup rankings.

Jochen Wollmert

International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) rewards the German table tennis player for his fair behaviour at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Sam Ingram, a London 2012 silver medallist, will compete against fully sighted judokas this weekend at the British Championships.

A picture of three women running during an athletics event

Members of all 28 para-sports will gather in Bonn, Germany to discuss London 2012 and how to push the Paralympic Movement even further.

Greg Westlake

Canadian ice sledge hockey captain Greg Westlake looks to improve his skill set on the ice heading into the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships.

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The Glasgow 2014 organising committee is now accepting applications for 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteers.

Shingo Kunieda

Japan’s Shingo Kunieda won his 20th Super Series title, while the Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen claimed her third in Sydney.