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![Group of men posing for photo holding signed agreement](/sites/default/files/2021-05/bahrain-UN.jpeg)
NPC Bahrain signs cooperation agreement with UN Development Programme
The two parties will work together to further the Sustainable Development Goals
Goalball pools decided for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Teams learn their fates as groups are drawn ahead of competition kick-off on 25 August
![Japanese wheelchair tennis player hits backhand return](/sites/default/files/2021-05/funamizu-shiori%202.jpg)
Japan's Shiori Funamizu rises from the junior ranks in wheelchair tennis
The 20-year-old took on the challenge of learning how to master the different intricacies of wheelchair tennis. Now, she wants to be like Yui Kamiji.
Iranian powerlifter Roohallah Rostami breaks world record in Thailand
Season’s third World Para Powerlifting World Cup sees Iran top medals table with five golds and one silver
![A female Para snowboarder riding with one arm](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Snowboard-Serbia4_0.jpg)
Nesic brings Serbia into Para snowboard world
'Free spirit' Para snowboarder wants to show others in her country that it is never too late to start
![The view of a ski slope in Lillehammer, Norway](/sites/default/files/2021-05/assets_ioc_2021-05-07_125427.jpg)
Online Nations Meetings to take place in June
Four virtual sessions to set direction for sports development during next season ahead of the World Championships and Winter Paralympics
Madeira 2020: Ones to Watch - Male swimmers
Ten male swimmers who will be among the top stars at the Madeira 2020 European Open Championships
![Male handcyclist rounds a corner](/sites/default/files/2021-05/DeLosSantosMH5ParaTTHuntsville041721-159.jpg)
USA’s Alfredo de los Santos finds expression through art and cycling
As handcyclist hopes to make Tokyo 2020 Paralympic team, he finds peace in other forms
![A man on a bench press lifting a bar in a Para powerlifting competition](/sites/default/files/2021-05/PONGSAO%20Amorntep.jpg)
Bangkok ready to host its first-ever World Cup
Third stop in the 2021 season will see Paralympic and World Championships medallists on stage during three action-packed days
![Collage of two athletes, one female athlete running with a prosthetic and another of a male nurse](/sites/default/files/2021-05/melissa-stockwell-kim-daybell.jpg)
'Athletes For Good Fund' awards Paralympian and Olympian-support charitable causes
Athletes' charities receive more than USD 500,000 in grants from joint initiative by IPC, IOC and P&G
![Jean Maggi carrying Argentina's flag at the Opening Ceremony of Vancouver 2010](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Jean-Maggi.jpg)
Retired Argentinian Para alpine skier Jean Maggi wants to go to space
First Argentinian winter Paralympian climbed the Himalayas and is now planning to travel to space
![Man and woman in firefighters gear](/sites/default/files/2021-05/cam-crombie.jpg)
Behind national jerseys, Cam Crombie and Colton Liddle suit up in firemen’s gear
Australian and Canadian understand challenges and importance of the job in protecting communities
![Three men in suits smiling holding a folder](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Christos-Kaloudis-%20Greece-Andreas%20Kamarlingou-%20Cyprus-Yehoshua-Dekel-%20Israel..jpg)
NPCs Cyprus, Greece and Israel sign mutual agreement
The three will work together to raise more awareness on the Paralympic Movement in their countries
![A man in a swimming pool posing with the Laureus Awards](/sites/default/files/2021-05/GettyImages-522278932.jpg)
Daniel Dias named member of Laureus Academy
Para swimming legend joins Lindsey Vonn, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Nicol David to become active Academy Member after Tokyo 2020
![New members of the IPC Athletes Council are introduced during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161216093705047_Athletes%2BCouncil.jpg)
Candidates for IPC Athletes' Council elections revealed
Record-equalling 22 candidates will run for six summer sport vacancies on the Council
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Tokyo 2020: Samsung Paralympic Vloggers competition launched
Paralympians invited to provide the world with exclusive behind-the-scenes content
From wheelchair tennis to canoe, Chile's Robinson Mendez seeks fifth Paralympics
If the Para canoeist lines up on the starting blocks at Tokyo 2020, it will go down as one of his greatest achievements in a life full of incredible milestones
![A group of 12 South Koreans, four of them in wheelchairs, posing for a group photo after the Bonn 2019 World Para Dance Sport Championships](/sites/default/files/2021-05/49148580276_c5bf296888_k.jpg)
Ulsan to host World Championships in November
Three-day competition in South Korea marks first edition to be held in Asia since Tokyo 2013
Jonathon Milne ready to repeat Rio
Australia's first Paralympic medallist in Para archery since 1984 says podium finish gives him 'more burn' to work hard for Tokyo 2020