PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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NPC Croatia, Allianz Zagreb project wins award
‘Be the Missing Piece’ was chosen the best sponsorship project by the Slovenian Marketing Association at a two-day conference in Portoroz, Slovenia.
![Two ice sledge hockey players on the ice](/sites/default/files/images/161130141553721_Japan%2BTomakomai.jpg)
Monthly preview: December 2016
Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.
![Marcel Hug, Samwel Kimani, Tatyana McFadden, El Amin Chentouf and Prawat Wahoram.](/sites/default/files/images/161201082124236_FotorCreated.jpg)
Para athletics season in review: distance events
Find out some of the highlights that lit up the world of Para athletics in 2016.
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Xu Qing cherishes 10th Paralympic gold
The veteran flirts with the idea of retirement after a fourth Paralympics, but still has interest in Tokyo 2020.
Finalists announced for the 2016 Australian Paralympic Awards
The winners will be revealed at a Gala Ceremony in Sydney on 8 December
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No. 32 Devos surprises, Partyka and Paovic hold firm
From the youngest male Paralympic champion ever to Partyka’s fourth consecutive table tennis at Rio 2016 left many memorable moments.
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Top wheelchair tennis players set for NEC Masters
Stephane Houdet, Jiske Griffioen and David Wagner lead the rankings heading into the ITF’s year-end singles Championship.
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games debrief concludes in Tokyo
Many aspects of September’s Games were reviewed for the benefit of future Organising Committees.
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Para sport in review: November 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during November.
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Czech Republic to play Japan in final at Worlds B-Pool
A 3-0 win for Czech Republic sees them unbeaten in two games, whilst Japan also claimed victory over Great Britain.