PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

52nd Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Sports Conference

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) are looking to enhance coverage of the Asian Para-Games and Asian Youth Para-Games.

Gary Messett

Ireland defeated the Netherlands for first place at the 2013 Dublin Gathering, and Scotland took third place.

A picture of a olympic stadium from inside

The medals for the next Paralympic Winter Games will be revealed on 30 May.

Football 7-a-side

Austria are hoping to establish a football 7-a-side team in time for next year’s European Championships.

Pavlos Mamalos

Greece’s Pavlos Mamalos has built quite a following heading into next week’s IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.

Blake Leeper and Jarryd Wallace

Big American names set to compete in Arizona this weekend.

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American wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki wants to know what you think about able-bodied people involved in the Paralympic Movement.

Fiona Southorn

A 10-strong team will represent New Zealand at this year’s Para-cycling Road World Cup and Road World Championships.

Mariska Beijer

The Netherlands and Germany have met in the final of every women’s wheelchair basketball European Championships since 1989.

Marlou van Rhijn

Following Alan Fonteles Oliveira’s inclusion in SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes, here are 15 other Paralympians who IPC Editorial Co-ordinator Stuart Lieberman believes have the potential to make such a list in the future.