PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Malaysia’s Asian record holder Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli

Action in the field events dominates competition on the second day of the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships.

Carla Qualtrough was appointed Canada's Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities in November 2015.

The Canadian Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities was nominated alongside Anne Wafula-Strike, Irene Chang, Dr. Hayat Khattab and Moekie Grobbelaar.

a female in black clothing and a black helmet riding a bicycle

These figures mark some significant moments in the para-triathlete’s road to Rio 2016.

Outside view of a venue

Carioca Arena 3, which will become a sport-focused high school, inaugurated to celebrate six months until the Paralympic Games.

Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator

Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.

Taiki Morii

Star-studded giant slalom and slalom field includes Japan’s Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka, and Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and Valerii Redkozubov.

Man running on a blue track

Two Asian records were broken in Dubai, UAE, on the first day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships

IPC President Sir Philip Craven speaks at the USOC 2016 Media Summit.

On the strength of unprecedented summer Paralympics coverage across NBC, NBC Sports Network, and TeamUSA.org, the global head of the Paralympic Movement believes the Games will be a major platform to further educate the U.S. about disabilities.

President of the IPC Sir Philip Craven

Today Monday 7 March marks six months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, a Games that is vital for the continued growth of the Paralympic Movement.

The dominant force in men’s T52 wheelchair racing shares with us his three favourite tunes.

The dominant force in men’s T52 wheelchair racing shares with us his three favourite tunes.