PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe

For the first time ever the Ghanaian team has qualified athletes to participate in the Paralympic Games and they have high hopes for a top performance.

Beijing 2008

With Katie Holloway and Kendra Lancaster leading the team, the Americans hope to best China for gold at London 2012.

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At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, athletes with an intellectual impairment will take part for the first time in 12 years.

Agitos in Cardiff

With less than two weeks until the Paralympics, the first of five sets of giant Agitos launched in the UK.

Kurt Fearnley

Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley is training in Switzerland and more excited than ever for London 2012.

Cindy Ouellet

The Canadian Paralympic Committee revealed their delegation for the London 2012 Paralympic Games this week.

London's Olympic Park

A record 2.2 million tickets have been sold for the London 2012 Paralympic Games to date, with 2.5 million expected to be made available in total.

Mihovil Spanja competing

The IPC revealed nine names with more than 100 years of sport commentary experience between them that will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of its live sport coverage.

A picture of a man posing for a photo

The Best Of Men is the remarkable and uplifting true story of the birth of the Paralympic Games and its visionary creator Dr. Ludwig Guttmann.

Anti-Doping London image

Elena Chistilina, who won two silver medals at June's 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, has been suspended for two years.