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![A woman standing on a podium between two men in wheelchairs](/sites/default/files/2022-06/52133190272_e897d8c4a5_c.jpg)
Chateauroux 2022: China, Israel and Thailand also earn Paralympic Games quotas
Poland's Barbara Moskal takes gold in the VI-P - mixed 10m air rifle VI prone with a new world record in France
![A group of people wearing the uniform of the Portuguese Para swimming team posing for a picture in a hall](/sites/default/files/2022-06/52135126845_81f9faa1b3_c.jpg)
Team Portugal brings Madeira 2022 atmosphere to Funchal City Hall
World Championships to take place from 12 to 18 June will be the biggest Para sport competition ever hosted in the country
![A female shooter with a rifle in a shooting Para sport competition](/sites/default/files/2022-06/52129601900_151c1ec0dd_c.jpg)
Chateauroux 2022: Rising star Avani Lekhara leads India’s impressive start
Paralympic champion takes gold with a new world record in the R2 - women’s 10m air rifle standing SH2 at the World Cup in France
![Image of a male Para Athletics and his guide near to their time on the track](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Image%20OK_0.jpg)
Paris GP returns with stellar line-up
Home of next year’s World Championships, the Charlety Stadium welcomes athletes from 57 countries in the fourth edition of the event
![A blurred image of four women competing in an athletics track](/sites/default/files/2022-06/GettyImages-1338202787.jpg)
Paul Fitzgerald appointed as new Head of World Para Athletics
Fitzgerald to join the organisation from 15 June following four years at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
![Moran Samuel pumps her fist after winning a silver medal in the PR1 women's single sculls final.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Moran%20Samuel%20rowing%20tokyo%202020.jpg)
Pride Month: Moran Samuel on putting LGBTQ+ on the agenda
Paralympic medallist and world champion in Para rowing Moran Samuel writes about her experience as an LGBTQ+ athlete
![Natalia Partyka for It Starts With Sport series](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/I50-ZIG-Q7irDW5nrCHPeD8PM0813SSMYkosZnoa42w.jpg?itok=CE_18TDM)
Six-time Paralympic champion Natalia Partyka on seizing opportunities
‘Even the most difficult dreams are within our reach. I did it, so you also can. It is worth trying’
![Niels Vink plays in an Australian Open match, his right hand holding his racquet and the other directing his wheelchair.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Niels%20Vink%20Australia%20Open%20wheelchair%20tennis.jpg)
De Groot, Kunieda, Vink win singles titles at Roland Garros
Roland Garros debut yields career's first Grand Slam singles title for Vink
![Image of a male Para shooter competing in an event](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Image%20OK.jpg)
Paris 2024 dream starts at Chateauroux World Cup for Tanguy de la Forest
French shooting range hosts biggest-ever World Cup with 270 athletes from 50 nations competing from 6 to 12 June
![France's Charles-Antoine Kouakou exhales as he powers ahead of the other runners in the men's 400m T20 final at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Charles-Antoine%20Kouakou%20France%20men%27s%20400m%20T20%20Tokyo.jpg)
One year to go until 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy
2023 Virtus Global Games will be held from 4-10 June 2023 and feature nine sport disciplines
World Bicycle Day: Paralympic cyclists and triathletes answer your biggest questions
Do you scrape your elbows when handcycling? How do you steer a bike with one arm? What is the scariest part of racing in the velodrome? Get the answers to these questions and more from seven Para cycling and Para triathlon medallists
Ghana’s blind cycling pioneer Assor spreads joy of life on two wheels
'On World Bike Day, my message is that anyone can ride a bike. I hope we can inspire people'
![Image of a female para swimmer in the podium after she grabbed gold](/sites/default/files/2022-05/GettyImages-1337818643.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Ones to watch
Here are the starts to follow ahead of the World Para Swimming Championships from 12 to 18 June in Portugal
![Sir Lee Pearson waves his crutch in celebration after receiving his gold medal at a victory ceremony in Tokyo.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Lee%20Pearson%20gold%20Tokyo%202020%20equestrian.jpg)
Pride Month: Sir Lee Pearson on speaking out to create a better world
'We should be promoting the fact that the world should be a more equal place'
![Madison de Rozario it starts with sport](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Rf7HfjzDfM7ocCFya9zRZNevXUdu93kDmtLVYNarkQ8.jpg?itok=8t3Exuey)
Madison de Rozario on how Para sports taught her to love her ‘perfect’ body
'I believe with every part of me that sport is the easiest, healthiest way to unlearn all those things that we’re taught to believe growing up'
![Image of a female Para swimmer in the podium after she grabbed gold](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Ellen%20Keane.jpg)
Ellen Keane set to join Ireland in Madeira
Paralympic champion still recovering from COVID will meet other four members of the team at later stage for the World Championships
![An athletics track in an empty stadium during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/2022-05/GettyImages-1337650825%20%281%29.jpg)
BAC sanctions athlete Vinod Kumar for two years for Intentional Misrepresentation
The results obtained by the Indian athlete in Para athletics competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games have been disqualified
![Dutch player Sam Schroder casts a shadow as he serves in the Australian Open final against Australia's Dylan Alcott.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Sam%20Schroder%20Netherlands%20tennis%20australia%20open.jpg)
Wheelchair tennis to break new ground at Roland Garros
Record 32 wheelchair tennis players set to contest titles at one of the sport's four majors for the first time
![Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez serves in a doubles match at the 2022 Australian Open.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Gustavo%20Fernandez%20Australian%20Open%202022%20tennis.jpg)
Top 5 tips to get started in wheelchair tennis from Grand Slam champion Fernandez
Five-time Grand Slam champion Gustavo Fernandez says wheelchair tennis is sport that can be enjoyed at all levels, from beginners to advanced players
![Marcin Polak and his pilot Michal Ladosz race on the track at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Marcin%20Polak%20and%20pilot%20Michal%20Ladosz%20Tokyo%202020%20poland%20track%20cycling.jpg)
UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak
Polak is stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 4000m individual pursuit from Tokyo 2020, which now passes to France's Alexandre Lloveras