PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Athletes from Chile, Brazil and Australia won medals at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Americas Championships

Mexican gold medal count increases to five after two more gold medals for the hosts of the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Americas Championships on Tuesday (28 April).

Nathan Baker at London 2012

On Sooki St. James, the London 2012 champion takes team, individual events in Grade II competition

Woman in wheelchair on a tennis court returning a shot.

Japanese broadcasting company will show Grand Slam wheelchair tennis tournaments.

Hossein Barghchi

Hossein Barghchi won gold at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games.

Man jumping in the air on a podium

France’s multiple Paralympic and Worlds medallist Vincent Gauthier-Manuel has retired from alpine skiing after eight years at the top of the sport.

Canada's Greg Westlake, right, shakes hands with Japan's Mamoru Yoshikawa after their preliminary round game at Buffalo 2015.

The IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool are seeing a record number of broadcasters and ticket sales.

100 days to go until the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games

Historic broadcast coverage, schedules for two sports announced

Martina Caironi, winces,

She can speak five languages and holds numerous major titles, but what training does Italy’s T42 athlete Martina Caironi do on a typical day?

The 1.3m² model of the under-construction Barra Olympic Park represents a real-life area of 1.18 million m²

Detailed replica unveiled to mark 500 days until the Paralympic Games

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