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Nepal’s Goverdhan reflects on making Paralympic history
At Paris 2024, Para taekwondo athlete Palesha Goverdhan became the first Paralympic medallist from Nepal

Nigeria's Kafilat Almaruf receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifting athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for the administration of an anabolic agent of exogenous origin in a sample provided out-of-competition

Para swimming stars share their goals for 2025
Yip Pin Xiu and Husnah Kukundakwe are eyeing the World Championships in Singapore, check out what Gabriel Araujo, Ellie Challis and Simone Barlaam are planning for the new year

Athlete Sagynbek Makhamatkul Uulu banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Kyrgyzstani Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical findings for prohibited substances at the Sharm El Sheikh 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup

WADA’s 2025 Prohibited List now in force
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders that the 2025 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List) and the 2025 Monitoring Program entered into force on 1 January 2025.

Paralympic champions share their New Year resolutions
Since the beginning of the year is the perfect time to come up with new goals, we asked several Paralympic champions to share their New Year resolutions and what they are looking forward to in 2025.

Happy New Year from IPC President Parsons
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons says there are many things to look forward to this year, including the IPC Athletes’ Forum in June and the rollout of the IPC development programme Sport for Mobility

Paralympic videos for the holiday season
We have selected 10 videos from the Paralympic Movement that will make your holiday season so much more special

De La Forest and Lekhara make history, Granada sees new champions: 2024 Year recap
It is time to look back at a memorable 2024 World Shooting Para Sport season. And here are the year’s highlights.

Portuguese athlete Simone Fragoso banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for metabolites of a Prohibited Substance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Para Swimming World Series: Know all winners
First awarded in 2017, here are the winners of all editions of the World Series in the Female and Male Overall, High-Support Needs and Juniors Athletes categories, as well as the best National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of each year

Araujo and Tai claim 2024 Citi Para Swimming World Series titles
Brazil and Great Britain take all but one title – the Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete, won by Spain's Teresa Perales – as Araujo defended his 2023 crown while Tai returned to the top of the rankings after five years

Iranian athlete Mostafa Marian receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para athletics athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for metabolites of a prohibited substance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

New Delhi to host 2025 Para Athletics World Championships
The world’s largest single Para sport event will take place from 26 September to 5 October 2025 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which will also host a World Para Athletics Grand Prix for the first time next March

2024: Viral Paralympic moments
As we bid farewell to 2024, watch some of the most popular videos on the @Paralympics social media channels

WPPO publishes Qualification Pathway to LA 2028
Document published by WPPO outlines the requirements athletes must complete in order to qualify for the Paralympic Games including a series of mandatory events in the cycle 2025-2028

IPC refers anti-doping rule violation involving Portuguese athlete Costa to UCI
Portuguese Para cyclist Luis Miguel Pinto Costa returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Prohibited Substance in a urine sample provided out-of-competition on 2 September 2024 as part of the pre-Games testing programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Canada’s A-Pool gold, U.S. Women’s new crown, and more: a 2024 lookback!
As the year comes to a close, let’s wrap up the top moments for World Para Ice Hockey in 2024

Top 24 moments from the Paris 2024 Paralympics (1-12)
Let’s look back at the incredible sporting moments from the Paris 2024 Paralympics!
IPC launches RFI for European media rights for Milano Cortina 2026
Broadcasters have until 24 January 2025 to express their interest in acquiring the European media rights for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games