PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A stunning view of Rio from Sugar Loaf Mountain

On Sunday 7 September it will mark exactly two years to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

crowds during the National Paralympic Day at the Olympic Park

The event took place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, on 30 August

Man in wheelchair with tennis racket on the field.

French defending champion pushed all the way by Belgium’s Joachim Gerard at Flushing Meadows.

Grigoris Polychronidis - Gold for Greece in Boccia!!!, Paralympics 2012

On the anniversary of his Paralympic gold, the Greek boccia player talks about how being a Paralympian allowed him to stand up for people with disabilities in Greece.

A picture of a man powerlifter on a bench celebrating with his hands up

Paralympic and world champion Lei Liu is the current Asian world No.1 and heads to the 2014 Asian Para Games with a world record in his sights.

Dominik MOSLER, shot from the top of the key

Eight wheelchair basketball teams compete for European glory in Zaragoza, Spain.

Richard Browne and Jonnie Peacock

The 2014 para-athletics season is slowly drawing to a close, so here is recap of 10 things we learned this year.

A group of people pose in front of an Agitos Foundation pull-up

A group of coordinators from African countries have reported on how they have developed athletes for national teams.

Allianz Fact of the week Football 5

The game uses a special ball with a bell inside that makes a noise as it moves to guide the players. Each team also has a guide behind the opponent’s goal to direct the players when they shoot.

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.

Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Chile all qualify for next year’s Parapan American Games