PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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NPC Belgium, All Nippon Airways partner
The Japanese airline will be the official carrier for the Belgian Paralympic Team.
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German athletes to benefit from new funding
Seventeen summer and winter sport athletes will be supported to find a better balance between work and training.
![Algeria's Nadia Medjmedj throws in the women's shot put F55/56/57 at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.](/sites/default/files/images/170323075416254_GettyImages-174154917.jpg)
Dubai Grand Prix – Five things we learned
Find out what pointers we can take from the first World Para Athletics Grand Prix on 2017
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Jean Baptiste Murema new NPC Rwanda President
The former sitting volleyball player will begin his first term as President of the NPC.
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Gangneung 2017: Germany team preview
Can the Germans reach a top five finish at the Para ice hockey World Championships to qualify for PyeongChang 2018?
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Morganti among top riders in Deauville
The Para equestrian contest in France is the first major European international competition of 2017.
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Gangneung 2017: Germany team preview
Can the Germans reach a top five finish at the Para ice hockey World Championships to qualify for PyeongChang 2018?
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Schedule, groups set for men’s U23 Worlds
Turkey and Iran highlight Pool A of the wheelchair basketball competition, while Great Britain lead Pool B.
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LimbPower to provide 70 children with prosthetics
The British foundation’s Children’s Activity Prosthetic Fund is expected to supply around 70 children with activity limbs.
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NPC Ireland seeking past Paralympians
The NPC is asking the public to help contact past Irish Paralympians whom they hope to honour at a special event later in 2017.