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![A group of four women with Spain's uniform showing their medals](/sites/default/files/2021-04/GettyImages-1174526136.jpg)
France and Spain announce squad for Europeans
Seven-time Paralympic champion Teresa Perales and young star Ugo Didier among the names travelling to Portugal
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Webinar invites participants to learn how to maximise Paralympics in African region
Experienced panelist to share knowledge and expertise on how Tokyo 2020 Paralympics can transform lives
![Olympic Stadium Tokyo](/sites/default/files/2021-02/Olympic%20Stadium%20Tokyo%201.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 to provide multi-lingual app for international attendees in venues
Omotenashi Guide app will also have an integrated functions for people with a hearing and vision impairment
![A man with a prosthetic leg competing in shot put](/sites/default/files/2021-04/Berlin%202018-Aled%20Davies.jpg)
Great Britain and Italy announce squads for Bydgoszcz 2021
Italy will travel to Poland with 23 athletes while ten reigning European champions are among the 47-strong British team
![A referee throwing the puck in front of two players to start a Para ice hockey game in a crowded arena](/sites/default/files/2021-04/33925492758_731c2cfb86_h.jpg)
Ostrava 2021 Worlds schedule released
Top eight-ranked teams to compete for a world title and qualification slots for Beijing 2022 from 19-26 June in Czech Republic
![Two men playing wheelchair rugby collide their chairs.](/sites/default/files/images/160811081211078_2016%2BCanada%2BCup_Kevin%2BBogetti-Smith.jpg)
Wheelchair rugby pools set for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Eight-team draw sees Rio 2016 champions Australia headline Pool A
![Juan Faith Jackson smiles](/sites/default/files/2021-04/Juan-Faith-Jackson.jpg)
Tunis 2021 Grand Prix sees IPC-supported athletes reaching new heights
A total of 24 athletes from 13 countries participate in World Para Athletics event thanks to NPC Development Programme
![One Para ice hockey player giving high five to a group of players on sledges in a crowded ice hockey arena](/sites/default/files/2021-04/33925490098_1aa106e098_h.jpg)
New Czech team ready for a different World Championships in Ostrava
Hosts keen to make history again with the support of players attracted by the record-breaking 2019 tournament
![A monitor shows the IOC's Olympic Games Operations Director Pierre Ducrey and IPC's Chief Brand and Communications Officer Craig Spence participating remotely in the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks Press Briefing](/sites/default/files/2021-04/Playbooks-Craig.jpg)
‘Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are the most critical Games in history’
Para athletes to carry the hopes of world’s one billion people with disabilities
![Two men in sledges celebrating with the USA uniform in a Para ice hockey game](/sites/default/files/2021-04/Ostrava2019-Finals.jpg)
Ostrava 2019 overtime-thriller fuels USA
Defending champions looking to remain the only team to win back-to-back world titles when they return to Czech Republic in June
![Marie-Amelie le Fur FRA sets a new world record to become the Gold Medal winner in the Women's Long Jump](/sites/default/files/images/160909165615766_lefur.jpg)
Marie-Amelie Le Fur balances ‘three lives’ as she chases golden farewell in Tokyo
An elite athlete, president of her NPC and a mother: life may be busy for the Frenchwoman but that is how she likes it
![A female swimmer with orange cap in the water](/sites/default/files/2021-04/GettyImages-607336622.jpg)
Madeira 2020: All you need to know
From multi-medallists to where the Portuguese island got its name from, get ready for the European Championships
![A female athlete competing in a wheelchair race in a blue track](/sites/default/files/2021-04/GettyImages-1187568138.jpg)
Hannah Cockroft and Kayleigh Haggo smash records in Coventry
Dubai 2019 world champions show top form in Great Britain ahead of the European Championships and Paralympic Games
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IPC confirm details regarding RPC's Paralympic Games participation
Athletes will represent Russian Paralympic Committee at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
![Japanese man in rowing boat](/sites/default/files/2023-08/ariyasu-ryohei.jpg)
Japanese rower Ariyasu Ryohei finds the positive through Para sports
Paralympics reignited Ryohei's love for sports
![A child in a sledge competing in a cross-country race in the snow](/sites/default/files/2021-04/Gromova%20Team%20Junior.jpg)
The young team who fell in love with Nordic skiing
National team coach Irina Gromova introduces children with spina bifida to Para cross-country in Russia and changes lives in the process
![Nigerian man reaches to return the shuttle in badminton](/sites/default/files/2021-04/Bello-Rafiu-Oyebanji.jpg)
Paralympic Movement mourns passing of badminton African champion Bello Rafiu Oyebanji
Nigerian athlete helped the sport’s development in the region
![View of wheelchair curling venue](/sites/default/files/2021-04/beijing-2022-curling-venue.jpg)
Beijing 2022 conclude ice tests for Para ice hockey and wheelchair curling
‘Experience Beijing’ successfully examined various facilities and procedures for positive Games delivery