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Brazil’s swimmers storm to multiple wins in Sao Paulo
The hosts won nearly half of the events at the Open Caixa Loterias Swimming Championships in Sao Paulo on Thursday (23 April).

Buffalo 2015 unveils medal design
One gold, one silver and one bronze medal will be up for grabs by eight teams at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool which start on Sunday (26 April).

Five facts about São Paulo
The IPC Athletics Grand Prix starts in São Paulo on Thursday, but here are five facts you might not know about the city.

Buffalo 2015: Canada preview
The reigning champions are playing their cards close to their chest ahead of the ice sledge hockey Worlds, only revealing their roster on Wednesday (23 April).

London 2012 gold medallist Baker to ride new horse in para-equestrian meeting in Waregem, Belgium
Competition opportunity for riders to earn points toward Rio 2016

Buffalo 2015: Lipsett’s Group A picks
Buffalo 2015 commentator, retired ice sledge hockey player and triple Paralympian Taylor Lipsett, gives us his choice of athletes to look out for at the ice sledge hockey Worlds.

Brazilian swimming stars set to light up Sao Paulo
Seven 2013 Worlds medallists, including Brazil’s top names, to compete at the Open Caixa Loterias Swimming Championships from Thursday (23 April).

Competition schedule for Mexico City 2015 published
All competitions will be shown live at Mexico-City-2015.com between 26-29 April.

Canada name roster for Buffalo 2015
Seventeen players will form the squad looking to retain their title at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships which get underway on Sunday (26 April).

Germany, Slovenia to host sitting volleyball European Championships
Event serves as qualifier for Rio 2016

IPC launches IPC Academy Campus 2016 to be held in Rio, Brazil
The IPC Academy, the IPC’s education division, will also take over operation of Paralympic Games Knowledge Management

Team USA welcomed to HARBORCENTER for Buffalo 2015
Josh Sweeney, Steve Cash and Adam Page receive a hero’s welcome at a press conference at the HARBORCENTER, the venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.

Sithole upsets Wagner in SA Open
The South African earns his first super series quad singles win in front of his home crowd

Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Around 340 athletes from 20 countries will be lining up in the fifth Grand Prix of 2015.
Buffalo 2015: USA preview
The USA enter the Worlds as the first team to secure back-to-back Paralympic titles and have secured recent wins over reigning champions Canada and Russia.

Captain Chiarotti’s work paying off for Buffalo 2015
Before the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships begin on Sunday (26 April), Andrea Chiarotti is confident about his players’ potential at the upcoming IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.

McFadden wins again, Hug claims first Boston Marathon victory
The world’s best racers will now head to London, Great Britain, for Sunday’s IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships

IPC withdraws from SportAccord
The Paralympic Movement’s governing body has decided to withdraw as an associate member of SportAccord in protest at comments made by its President Marius Vizer.

Kovalchuk edges to gold in thrilling conclusion to World Cup
A three-way battle between Denmark’s Johnny Andersen, Great Britain’s Tim Jeffrey and Ukraine’s Vasyl Kovalchuk concluded the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.

Buffalo 2015: Russia preview
Two years ago, you could have been forgiven for thinking that Russia did not have a chance at medals but now they are firmly in the top three for Buffalo 2015.