PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Montreal 2013 Day 1 heats

Read what the athletes said when they came off the water.

Leon Jorgensen

Denmark are off to a hot start at the IWRF European Wheelchair Rugby European Championships, having won their first three games.

Maria Jose Guevara

A pair of Venezuelans have built a para-dressage programme from the ground up, and now they’re ready to be among the elite.

John Kerry takes part in the "Lend Your Leg" programme in Bogota, Colombia.

John Kerry visited Bogota’s high performance centre for para-sport and relayed how important the Paralympic Movement is.

Mariappan Perumal of Malaysia waves to the crowd before he competes.

The event will take place from 3-7 November and is expected to draw 150 athletes from 20 countries.

Official presentation of Pachi the porcupine, the Toronto 2015 mascot

The Toronto Parapan American Games are being fully integrated with the able-bodied competition in the lead-up to Rio 2016.

Stephane Tardieu

Tom Aggar, Oksana Masters, Stephane Tardieu headline the field for this month’s World Rowing Championships in South Korea.

Peter Genyn

Denmark, Belgium and Great Britain all had success on the second day of the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby European Championships.

A picure of a man in the pool holding starting block with his hands

Le canadien Benoît Huot mène la course vers la finale au 200 m quatre nages individuel SM10.

A picure of a man in the pool holding starting block with his hands

Canada’s Benoit Huot leads the field into the men’s 200m individual medley SM10 finals.