PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Ricardinho controls the ball, while two Turkish players try to take it from him](/sites/default/files/images/190604085911896_Ricardinho-Brazil.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 football 5-a-side groups decided
Four-time Paralympic champions Brazil lead group A while rival Argentina drawn separately
![Italian Para cyclist Luca Mazzone in his wheelchair on the podium](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Luca-Mazzone.jpg)
Paralympic champion Luca Mazzone secures hat-trick of titles at Road Worlds
Italy finish at top of the medal standings with 13 golds, four silver and two bronze in Portuguese soil
![Three Norwegian Para ice hockey players celebrating on ice](/sites/default/files/2021-06/GettyImages-931215058.jpg)
Ostrava 2021: Get to know Norway
All the information you need to follow the Norwegian team during the World Championships that kicks off this week
![A female leg amputee and a men in a wheelchair practicing shooting in an indoor shooting range](/sites/default/files/2021-06/51232287762_29b0f656ee_b.jpg)
Stage set for first World Cup in Lima
Peruvian capital host 157 athletes from 44 nations in the last shooting Para sport qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
![Two French defenders stop a Brazilian blind footballer](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Ricardo-David-Labarre-Abderrahim-Maya-football-5.jpg)
Vive la revolution: France plans football 5-a-side renaissance at Tokyo 2020
National team had to hit rock bottom first to build up and return to the Paralympics
![A male Para snowboarder watching the mountain](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Darren%20Swifty3.jpg)
From kitchen to Formula 1 lab, a Swift mission
Great Britain’s Para snowboarder Darren ‘Swifty’ Swift and graphic designer Dale Rennard eager to open sport to double above-the-knee amputees
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Nigerian athlete Roland Ezuruike receives 18-month ban for whereabouts rule violation
Para powerlifter handed the first sanction related to a whereabouts violation by the International Paralympic Committee
![Three Para ice hockey players with the uniform of Italy celebrating with another player from Japan observing](/sites/default/files/2021-06/47680610642_fa89d310ed_h.jpg)
Ostrava 2021: Get to know Italy
A closer look at one of the most consistent teams in action on the ice at this month's World Para Ice Hockey Championships
![Nepal's Para badminton player Praskash Adhikari in action](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Prakash%20Adhikari.jpeg)
Nepal’s Prakash Adhikari takes baby steps towards his dream
'Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is going to be special for all badminton players as the sport is making its debut. It is huge for us, and I can see the excitement amongst all the players.'
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Pacific Island Para athletes receive boost from Australian government and AOC
More than 170 Olympic and Paralympic athletes from 11 Pacific nations will benefit from the grant