PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Michele George

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Johanna Benson, Michele George and Marlou van Rhijn.

Players in wheelchairs lining up and high five

The No. 1-ranked wheelchair rugby team in the world will now be supported by USA Rugby, the nation’s able-bodied federation for the sport.

IPC Top moment 44 Wheelchair Dance Sport – Continents Cup

Several big moments and competitions in 2013 have made the sport more accessible, competitive and popular.

Chris Bond and Daisuke Ikezaki

The IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships will include four teams and will be streamed live online.

DB Schenker Truck

DB Schenker will provide the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with logistics, freight forwarding and customs clearance services for another four years.

2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport

The World Conference on Doping in Sport took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lithuania's men's goalball team

The men’s gold-medal game at the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships came down to the final seconds.

A picture of a olympic stadium under construction

Three big names will join the growing roster of speakers at the event that will take place in Russia during the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.

#IPCTop50 - No. 46: Souhad Ghazouani lifts equivalent of 120 wine bottles

At the 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Championships, France’s Souhad Ghazouani set a world record, lifting more weight than she did when she won London 2012 Paralympic gold.

2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport

More than 1,000 representatives from sport, media and the anti-doping community are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Conference on Doping in Sport.