PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A man and a woman on the podium showing their gold medals

Karen Palomeque and Douglas Matera win Panam Sports Awards

Brazilian swimmer and Colombian jumper and sprinter announced best athletes of the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games during ceremony in Miami alongside winners of the Pan American Games; Uzbekistan’s long jumper Asila Mirzayorova wins Asian Awards as Best Female Athlete

A male dancer in a wheelchair

Genoa 2023 World Championships: Top six moments

Italian city hosted a dazzling Worlds that was highlighted by Laura del Sere and Andrea Barberis mesmerising the home crowd, David Pimentel Pontes putting Brazil on the top of the podium for the first time and outstanding performances from Philippines and South Korea

Two women in wheelchairs next to a short stature woman on a podium at the Asian Para Games

Nakhon Ratchasima hosts World Cup season finale

Three-day event is part of the World Abilitysport Games featuring 68 athletes from 15 countries at the Liptapanlop Hall; Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medallists Enkhbayar Sodnompiljee from Mongolia and Louise Sugden from Great Britain among the main stars alongside medal hopeful Kamolpan Kraratpet who put Thailand on the podium at the Asian Para Games