PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Ostrava 2021 World Championships schedule released
Top eight-ranked teams to compete for a world title and qualification slots for Beijing 2022 from 19-26 June in Czech Republic
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Pools set for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Eight-team draw sees Rio 2016 champions Australia headline Pool A
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Tunis 2021 sees IPC-supported athletes reaching new heights
A total of 24 athletes from 13 countries participate in World Para Athletics event thanks to NPC Development Programme
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New Czech team ready for different World Champs
Hosts keen to make history again with the support of players attracted by the record-breaking 2019 tournament
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‘Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are the most critical Games in history’
Para athletes to carry the hopes of world’s one billion people with disabilities
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Ostrava 2019 overtime-thriller fuels USA for more gold
Defending champions looking to remain the only team to win back-to-back world titles when they return to Czech Republic in June
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Marie-Amelie Le Fur balances ‘three lives’
An elite athlete, president of her NPC and a mother: life may be busy for the Frenchwoman but that is how she likes it
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Madeira 2020: All you need to know about the Euros
From multi-medallists to where the Portuguese island got its name from, get ready for the European Championships