PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A man withbright yellow football boots rests his foot on a ball.

The South American rivals will face each other for gold in the football 5 and football 7 finals respectively at the Youth Parapan American Games.

A skier competes in downhill

World champion snowboarders and Nordic and alpine skiers will compete in Les Saisies from 25-28 March.

Group picture with skiers and man in wheelchair

Find out what has been going on in projects supported by the Agitos Foundation at the beginning of the year.

A Japanese wheelchair tennis player is hitting the ball.

Winning the Australian Open was special, not only because the Japanese player broke the Dutch dominance.

Rowing was introduced for the first time at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

An international Para rowing training camp was held in Sarasota-Bradenton, USA, which was the first of its kind.

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The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.

Brazilian table tennis player Danielle Rauen in action at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

Brazil´s Rio 2016 table tennis bronze medallist topped the podium in the women's class 9 after beating Chile's Ailyn Espinoza 3-0 in the gold-medal match at Sao Paulo 2017.

Short-statured Mexican swimmer poses for photo

Mexico´s 17-year-old swimmer hopes the Youth Parapan American Games can spring board for her to the next Paralympics.

Algeria's Nadia Medjmedj throws in the women's shot put F55/56/57 at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

Medjmedj added 1.50m to the women’s discus F56 world record set in 2003.

Brazilian table tennis player Danielle Rauen in action at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

The hosts lead the sport’s medals table after winning seven medals, including three golds, on Wednesday (22 March) at the Youth Parapans.