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![Paralympics Ireland launched the third instalment of their powerful ‘More Than Sport’ campaign.](/sites/default/files/images/160429072144613_FotorCreated.jpg)
Swimmer Ellen Keane features in Irish awareness campaign
Keane, who will compete in the upcoming European Open Championships stars in the latest video from Paralympics Ireland.
![Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.](/sites/default/files/images/150330200214040_Veronika%2BVadovicova%2B2015%2BIPC%2BShooting%2BWorld%2BCup_0.jpg)
Shooters line up for last World Cup ahead of Rio 2016
Nearly 140 athletes from more than 35 countries will compete in Szczecin, Poland, from 1-4 May.
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Officials look towards swimming Euros
Competition at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships will get underway on Sunday (1 May).
![Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman](/sites/default/files/images/160429103700489_Matt%2BStutzman.jpg)
Sport Week: Armless Archer aims high
Paralympic silver medallist Matt Stutzman is one of the most popular archers to watch heading into Rio 2016.
![Rodrigo Luquez of Argentina and Jose Monteiro Guimaraes of Brazil in the football 7-a-side gold medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/151022182333926_DSC_8833.jpg)
Pre-Paralympic Tournament gives football 7 teams warm up for Rio
Seven of the qualified teams will face off for the last time before September’s Paralympic Games.
![Man in wheelchair doing a dancing pose](/sites/default/files/images/150730164658489_DSC_8135.jpg)
Wheelchair dance sport season continues with Suomi Open
The men’s singles is one to watch, with Worlds medallists expected to battle for the podium.
Perales: ‘Retirement is a distraction, I aim to win’
In the build-up to her fifth Paralympic Games, Spain’s six-time gold medallist refuses to contemplate hanging up her swimming goggles.
![Brazilian para-athletes attended a workshop initiated by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) in partnership with the ABCD.](/sites/default/files/images/160428082225076_ws.jpg)
Brazilian athletes benefit from ‘whereabouts’ workshop
A successful anti-doping session entitled ‘Paralympic Athletes Play Clean’ helped clarify questions para-athletes had.
![Hannah Russell of Great Britain competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.](/sites/default/files/images/150715171400309_2015%2BIPC%2BSwimming%2BWorld%2BChampionships_20150715_Luc%2BPercival_0063_HD.jpg)
National records close British Para-Swimming International Meet
Matt Wylie, Hannah Russell lowered their respective 50m British records, making a push for Rio 2016 selection.
![Hong Kong’s Paralympic Day](/sites/default/files/images/160428065713869_hong%2Bkong.jpg)
First ever Paralympic Day to be held in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Paralympic Day will be held on the 100-days-to-go mark from Rio 2016.
![Man rowing](/sites/default/files/images/150817175249940_blake.jpg)
First two US rowers qualify for Rio 2016 Paralympics
Blake Haxton and Jacqui Kapinowski will represent the USA in Rio after their success in the Team Trials.
![Archery - Fact of the week](/sites/default/files/images/140918160443514_KW38_square.jpg)
Sport Week: History of para-archery
Find out more about the sport that paved the way for the Paralympic Games.
![Emanuel Goncalves](/sites/default/files/images/160428101353671_DSC_5562.jpg)
Goncalves relishing chance to compete at home Euros
The S10 swimmer is hoping to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in front of his home crowds.
![Melissa Tapper](/sites/default/files/images/131113121759117_10834035416_d77036101b_c.jpg)
Australia name first five athletes for Rio 2016
Daniela Di Toro and Melissa Tapper headline Australis’s five-strong table tennis team for September’s Paralympics.
![Two blindfolded football players fight for the ball](/sites/default/files/images/150825152015277_Blind%2Bfootball%2Beuros%2Bday%2B3.jpg)
Berlin chosen to host 2017 IBSA Blind Football European Championships
IBSA has confirmed that Germany’s capital city will held the Euros, from 17-27 August 2017.
![A shot of the upper half of two women holding two Paralympic gold medals](/sites/default/files/images/160111094625685_ramona%2Bbrussig%2Bger%2Bcredit%2Bgetty.jpg)
Brussig twins set to repeat London 2012 double judo gold
Ramona and Carmen are hoping to excel hand in hand once again, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon](/sites/default/files/images/160426092410877_Daniela%2BGimenez%2BSarai%2BGascon.jpg)
Gimenez, Gascon: Friends and rivals
Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon Moreno have a special friendship outside the pool as well as an ongoing rivalry in it.
![Aerial view of a big stadium in a city](/sites/default/files/2023-08/160427134236298_Sambodromo%2BRio%20%282%29.jpg)
Sport Week: Para-archery venue at Rio 2016
The competition will take place in one of Rio’s iconic, cultural venues.
![Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.](/sites/default/files/images/140522101729601_173106419_0.jpg)
Wimbledon increases prize money for wheelchair tennis events
With the addition of the first singles events at the Grand Slam, wheelchair tennis prize money totals GBP 200,000.
![Natasha Baker](/sites/default/files/images/150707095410948_d5_FC8C5395.jpg)
British rider Baker returns to form at Waregem
Baker won all three events on the same horse she won double gold on from London 2012.