PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Niels Vink plays in an Australian Open match, his right hand holding his racquet and the other directing his wheelchair.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Niels%20Vink%20Australia%20Open%20wheelchair%20tennis.jpg)
De Groot, Kunieda, Vink win singles titles at Roland Garros
Roland Garros debut yields career's first Grand Slam singles title for Vink
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Paris 2024 dream starts at Chateauroux World Cup for Tanguy de la Forest
French shooting range hosts biggest-ever World Cup with 270 athletes from 50 nations competing from 6 to 12 June
![France's Charles-Antoine Kouakou exhales as he powers ahead of the other runners in the men's 400m T20 final at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Charles-Antoine%20Kouakou%20France%20men%27s%20400m%20T20%20Tokyo.jpg)
One year to go until 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy
2023 Virtus Global Games will be held from 4-10 June 2023 and feature nine sport disciplines
World Bicycle Day: Paralympic cyclists and triathletes answer your biggest questions
Do you scrape your elbows when handcycling? How do you steer a bike with one arm? What is the scariest part of racing in the velodrome? Get the answers to these questions and more from seven Para cycling and Para triathlon medallists
Ghana’s blind cycling pioneer Assor spreads joy of life on two wheels
'On World Bike Day, my message is that anyone can ride a bike. I hope we can inspire people'
![Image of a female para swimmer in the podium after she grabbed gold](/sites/default/files/2022-05/GettyImages-1337818643.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Ones to watch
Here are the starts to follow ahead of the World Para Swimming Championships from 12 to 18 June in Portugal
![Sir Lee Pearson waves his crutch in celebration after receiving his gold medal at a victory ceremony in Tokyo.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Lee%20Pearson%20gold%20Tokyo%202020%20equestrian.jpg)
Pride Month: Sir Lee Pearson on speaking out to create a better world
'We should be promoting the fact that the world should be a more equal place'
![Madison de Rozario it starts with sport](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Rf7HfjzDfM7ocCFya9zRZNevXUdu93kDmtLVYNarkQ8.jpg?itok=8t3Exuey)
Madison de Rozario on how Para sports taught her to love her ‘perfect’ body
'I believe with every part of me that sport is the easiest, healthiest way to unlearn all those things that we’re taught to believe growing up'
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Ellen Keane set to join Ireland in Madeira
Paralympic champion still recovering from COVID will meet other four members of the team at later stage for the World Championships
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BAC sanctions athlete Vinod Kumar for two years for Intentional Misrepresentation
The results obtained by the Indian athlete in Para athletics competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games have been disqualified