PARA TABLE TENNIS NEWS
![European Para Youth Games 2015 logo](/sites/default/files/images/150331093937246_logo_0.jpg)
Varazdin, Croatia, to stage the European Para Youth Games 2015 this July
The event between 16-19 July 2015 will feature competition in athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis and sitting volleyball
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Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – March 2015
The public has until Thursday 9 April to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.
![South Korea struck gold on Saturday (21 March) at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool by beating Sweden, 4-2](/sites/default/files/images/150321200809986_IPC%2BIce%2BSledge%2BHockey%2BWorld%2BChampionships%2B2015%2BB-Pool_589.jpg)
Month in para-sport review: March 2015
Catch-up on an extremely busy month for para-sport with events taking place in both winter and summer sports.
![Vadym Kubov of Ukraine competes at the 2015 Para Table Tennis Lignano Master Open](/sites/default/files/images/150331085458211_Vadym%2BKubov.jpg)
Ukraine shines at Para Table Tennis Lignano Master Open 2015
Ukraine’s para table tennis players win six gold medals to top the medals table at the Lignano Master Open.
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Bayley targets European title before setting his sights on Rio
After winning the world title last year, the Brits says he has another dream to achieve
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British para-table tennis stars kick off their campaign to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Reigning world champion Will Bayley will start the season at the National Championships in Bristol before heading to Italy for the Lignano Master Open.
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March 2015: What to watch in para-sport
The third month of the year will see the winter sports season come to a close and a number of summer sports get underway.
![Will Bayley](/sites/default/files/images/130912145042121_179854699_0.jpg)
British table tennis players step-up Rio 2016 preparations
Training camps, partnerships and matches against Olympic counterparts are all part of the British masterplan for success at Rio 2016.
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Paovic aims to retain her European crown ahead of Rio 2016
The Croatian world number one class six player has had two years to remember on the para-table-tennis circuit.
![Natalia Partyka of Poland](/sites/default/files/images/150113094828059_Natalia%2BPartyka%2Bof%2BPoland.jpg)
Para-table tennis: athletes to watch in 2015
Who are the six athletes to look out for as we edge closer to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games?
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Spain’s Valera and Croatia’s Paovic win ITTF Star Awards
In Dubai, UAE, Alvaro Valera and Sandra Paovic were named the male and female para-table tennis stars for 2014.
![Melissa Tapper](/sites/default/files/images/131113121759117_10834035416_d77036101b_c.jpg)
ITTF announce Male and Female Para Star nominees
Six athletes and one coach from para-table tennis have been shortlisted for the awards which will be presented on 7 January 2015
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No. 15. Croatia’s Sandra Paovic wins the Para-table Tennis World Championships
Fighting back from a life-threatening accident, Croatia’s Sandra Paovic won the women’s class 6 title at the 2014 ITTF Para-Table Tennis World Championships.
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Egypt’s Ibrahim Hamato to receive special award
Para-table tennis player became global YouTube sensation after a video of him playing the sport using his mouth to hold the racket went viral.
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Chile names table tennis team for TO2015
Defending Parapan champion Cristian Dettoni amongst the line-up
Six athletes shortlisted for Brazilian awards
Brazilian Paralympic Committee announce names of six athletes in the running for best athlete of the year.
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Bayley, Whiley and Etherington up for British award
Para-athletes from table tennis, wheelchair tennis and alpine skiing nominated.
![Anna-Carin Ahlquist](/sites/default/files/images/140117145425440_DSC_0352_0.jpg)
Dubai to host 2014 ITTF Star Awards
The annual awards aim to recognise and celebrate the stars of table tennis, with two awards dedicated to para-athletes.
Top six para-sport stories of the week
The new IPC anti-doping code has been published, Australia are set to host the first ever integrated table tennis tournament and more.
![Melissa Tapper](/sites/default/files/images/131113121759117_10834035416_d77036101b_c.jpg)
Australia to host first integrated table tennis championships
The 2015 ITTF Oceania Cup and Para-Table Tennis Championships will integrate able-bodied and para-athletes together and offer athletes the chance to qualify for Rio 2016 directly.