PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sailing competition

Here’s a list of 12 interesting things you should know about Sailing: a sport of skill, tactics and nerve.

French Wheelchair Tennis player Stephane Houdet

The ITF revealed the full list of entries for the London 2012 Wheelchair Tennis event, which includes 112 players from 30 countries.

USA men's Wheelchair Basketball

After failing to make the podium at the last two Paralympics, a veteran-heavy USA men’s Wheelchair Basketball team thinks it has what it takes to medal in London.

Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team

Paralympic.org had the chance to speak with Grant Mizens, who will try to help Australia’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball team win another Paralympic gold at London 2012.

A picture of a man sit down on a basket

Just about any Wheelchair Basketball player you ask will say that Canada’s Patrick Anderson is one of the best to have ever played the game.

Cindy Ouellet

Cindy Ouellet - one of Canada's youngest Wheelchair Basketball players and one of the few with Paralympic Games experience - is determined to get the team back on the podium.

2011 Manchester World Cup

The top 12 women’s Wheelchair Basketball players in Canada were officially selected to compete in London 2012, including Kendra Ohama, Tracey Ferguson and Cindy Ouellet.

A picture of 2 men in a wheelchair playing basketball

With a Wheelchair Basketball career that spans over 20 years, the International Paralympic Committee President, Sir Philip Craven, reflects on aggression, getting in the zone and technological developments in the sport.

Great Britain's Hannah Stodel shows off her dress

More than 850 guests, including HRH Princess Royal and some of the biggest names in sailing, attended the sixth quadrennial Sa for Gold Ball to show their support for Olympic and Paralympic sailors.

Rudy Garcia-Tolson

This week’s US Paralympics Swimming Trials in Bismarck will be American athletes’ sole chance to qualify for London 2012 in the pool.