PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Top 50 moments - No.1

Deal with NHK and Toyota underline the growth of interest in the Paralympic Movement ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Koji Murofushi meeting with local junior high school and high school students in Ishinomake.

WADA caught up with the Director of Sport for Tokyo 2020 and got his thoughts on the importance of clean sport.

Two blindfolded men, one in a suit lying on a field of play, catching a ball

Venues built, test events staged, volunteers selected, torches unveiled, preconceptions challenged and much more... it’s been a busy 12 months for organisers of the Rio 2016 Games

Daoliang Hu (L) of China celebrates winning gold against Anton Datsko (R) of Ukraine during the Men's Individual Foil Category B final of the Wheelchair Fencing on day 6 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The year 2015 was action-packed for the world’s elite wheelchair fencers. Here are 10 things we learned about the sport over the past 12 months.

Sandra Paovic of Croatia

After the 2015 season, here are some lingering thoughts heading into the Games year.

PyeongChang 2018 emblem

Organising Committee signs MOU for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with various Ministries.

Spain's Yon Santacana Maiztegui with guide M Galindo Garces

Two IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup events planned for Spain in early January will now take place a month later.

Germany’s Markus Rehm

The German long jumper retained his world title with a performance that would have won him gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Kendall Gretsch

In addition to the seven WPE events, a stand-alone Para-triathlon World Championships will also be held.

Group picture of Rwanda's women sitting volleyball team

For the first time, Africa will send a women’s sitting volleyball team to the Paralympics. That team will be Rwanda.