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Para taekwondo continued its remarkable path to parity with able-bodied taekwondo in November as Mexico’s Juan Diego Garcia Lopez and his coach Jannet Alegria picked up the most prestigious awards at the Pan American Taekwondo Union’s Gala Awards – in competition with able-bodied athletes – to cap a stunning year for the Paralympic champion

National team forward writes about his journey to making it to the World Championships C-Pool and his country's international debut

Joe Delagrave retired from competition after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and was named interim head coach of the U.S. wheelchair rugby team

Australia's Paul Bird received the Paralympic Order, the highest accolade connected with the Paralympic Movement, at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Membership Gathering on 17 November 2022

First tournament since 2019 will see a rematch of the Paralympic Games final against USA; Czech Republic and Italy also join the event

South American country picks other two titles while Chile, Denmark and Mexico also celebrate at this year's Citi Para Swimming World Series

John McFall will take part in the Parastronaut Feasibility Project, which looks at ways to include persons with physical disabilities in human spaceflight

Nearly 2,000 volunteers across 15 different functional areas will be mobilised to help organise the event in the French capital

From thrilling finals to happy hosts to pulling off first ever major title, the Al Ain 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships had a lot of talk about

'The goal is to make it to the B-Pool in our first World Championships,' captain Franck Cadonna reveals ahead of the C-Pool Worlds in Thailand

The Paralympic swimmer-turned-powerlifter will next compete at the Vila Real de Santo Antonio 2022 IWAS Games, to be held in Portugal from 23-29 November

The two-day IPC Membership Gathering was held from 17-18 November 2022

• Ten players were named to USA's first-ever national blind football team, which was formed in November 2022

IPC members observed a moment of silence for Yavuz Kocaömer on 18 November at the Membership Gathering in Berlin, Germany

Extreme poverty, family tragedy, and personal disaster could not keep Thailand’s Khwansuda Phuangkitcha from becoming the best in the world – twice

Pramod Bhagat, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, says working hard and having confidence in yourself are the keys to success in Para badminton, a sport he has enjoyed for more than 20 years

South Korea finishes on top of the World Championships medal standings while UAE's Paralympic star clinches second World title in R6 final

IPC members voted 64-39 in favour of a motion to suspend NPC Russia (with 16 members abstaining), while 54-45 voted to suspend NPC Belarus (with 18 abstaining)

Paralympic star pairs up with Telizhenko to propel Ukraine to R11 mixed team gold and second place in medals standings while hosts UAE take silver 

North Macedonian shocks defending champion Denysiuk in P4 final; Ukraine’s Kovalchuk claims R5 title while Indonesia earn first Paris 2024 quota place