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Entries for 2017 Australian Open confirmed
Gordon Reid, Jiske Griffioen and Dylan Alcott will all start as defending champions in Melbourne when competition begins on 25 January.
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US wheelchair rugby selection camp to take place
Players are vying for selection for the US team for the 2017 Americas Championship.
Tokyo 2020 stages “Ideathon”
The session pitted Japanese college and university students against each other to develop ideas for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Austria’s Roman Rabl in top shape ahead of Worlds
The 25-year-old has won four straight giant slalom races and looks to continue on that pace.
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Two major blind football competitions announced
The African Championships will take place in Praia, Cape Verde, from 13-22 October, and Santiago, Chile, will stage the American Championships between 19-27 November.
![Two Para ice hockey players battle for the puck](/sites/default/files/images/150504095750538_web%2B20150503_USA%2Bv%2BCAN_0388.jpg)
Steve Cash’s New Year’s resolutions
The USA’s star goaltender lists his three goals for the calendar year ahead.
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Corie Mapp ready for Para bobsleigh Worlds
Great Britain’s top Para bobsledder hopes to inspire others with impairments to take up sports.
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Para sport in review: December 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during December.
![Andre Shelby - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160915024300633_para16_x16_6102.jpg)
Best of Para archery from 2016
A selection of the best Paralympic performances from Rio 2016.
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WADA New Year message
A message to stakeholders from the World Anti-Doping Agency President and Secretary General.
Nordic Classification Conference held
NPCs from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark met to discuss classification strategies in various sport
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Three things you did not know about Claudia Loesch
The Austrian downhill, super combined and slalom world champion gives us an insight into her life off the skis.
![Canada's Lana Spreeman won Paralympic gold in 1980 but sadly passed away in December 2016.](/sites/default/files/images/170101111044628_lana_spreeman.jpg)
Paralympic champion Lana Spreeman passes away
Spreeman won giant slalom gold at the 1980 Paralympic Winter Games.
![Manuel Pozzerle competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.](/sites/default/files/images/150925084921911_pozzerle.jpg)
Three things Manuel Pozzerle does off the snow
The Italian snowboard-cross world champion sometimes forgets to eat if he is playing videogames.
![A ski slope in Iran](/sites/default/files/images/170102132742691_Iran%2BDizin.jpeg)
Iran to host snowboard, alpine skiing competitions
The first ever World Para Alpine Skiing and snowboard events will come to Iran in January, signifying the development of winter sports in the country.
![Men's Cycling Road Race H5 in Rio de Janeiro](/sites/default/files/images/160916125634670_Ernst.jpg)
Van Dyk retires from cycling after winning gold
The South African announced his retirement from cycling following his Paralympic gold-medal performance in the men’s road race H5 at Rio 2016.
![Sir Philip Craven - Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony](/sites/default/files/images/160908010336109_sir%2Bphilip.jpg)
The IPC President's New Year message 2017
Sir Philip Craven reflects on 2016, a year he describes as the most challenging yet, and looks ahead to 2017 and the election of his successor.
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How to get involved in London 2017
How to get involved in London 2017
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Is Andy Yohe the glue keeping the USA together?
The captain returned from retirement, and has already helped the U.S. claim its third straight World Sledge Hockey Challenge gold.
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Paralympians recognised with New Year’s honours
Arise Sir Lee Pearson in Great Britain, whilst Canada’s Benoît Huot named to the Order of Canada. Paralympians in New Zealand also recognised.