PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The meeting of dancers Sedakov and Kukushina
Russian wheelchair dance couple Maksim Sedakov and Svetlana Kukushina first met through a chance encounter but Sedakov has gone on to dance at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Scholars Poncelas and Eckhard aiming for home success at UCI World Cup
UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup takes place this weekend (25-27 July) in Segovia, Spain.

Preview: Tuesday at the IPC Shooting World Championships
Gold medallists Jonas Jacobsson and Veronika Vadovicova, as well as Heejun Lee back in action on day four (22 July) in Suhl, Germany.

Skelhon wins Great Britain's first world title in Suhl
Great Britain's Matt Skelhon and Sweden's Joackim Norberg were the gold medal winners on the fourth day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.
Russia start as favourites for European glory
Eleven teams will compete in the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships between 23 July and 4 August.

Leo Pekka Tathi aims to retain 100m European title
Flying Finn ready to face some of the world’s best wheelchair racers at Swansea 2014
Philippe Mees resigns as Belgian Paralympic Committee President
Mees held the position since 1 January 2014 but has left for personal reasons

APC appoints 2XU exclusive uniform partner for Rio & beyond
After supplying kit for London 2012 and Sochi 2014, 2XU will continue to supply thr Australian Paralympic Committee through to Rio 2016.

UIPM latest IPC recognised International Federation
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has welcomed Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) as the newest recognised International Federation of the Paralympic Family.

South Korea continue to dominate at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships
Jinho Park and Youngjun Jeon both win individual golds and set or equal world records on a day to remember for South Korea at Suhl 2014.

Germany and Ireland getting ready for football 7-a-side European Championships
European championships will be first major event for team Germany that has only been existing since the beginning of 2014.
Day three at the IPC Shooting World Championships
Day three (21 July) of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany, will see a major battle taking place amongst the top stars as the R3 and R4 mixed events take place.

WADA to develop new ADAMS for 2016
New version of the clearinghouse will be launched in 2016 following introduction of revised Code.

Kunieda wins British Open title
World No.1 claims his fifth British Open title with convincing straight sets win in Nottingham

President Kim steps down at PyeongChang 2018
Jin-sun Kim has resigned as President of POCOG
Preview: Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games para-athletics events
Some of the world’s best athletes including David Weir and Kurt Fearnley will compete in six medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Preview: Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games powerlifting competition
Nearly 40 athletes from 15 countries will compete in four medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Korea's Lee and Iran's Javanmardidodmani claim shooting world titles
South Korea’s Heejung Lee waited until his final shot to claim gold, as Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani also topped the podium on the second day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Kamiji and Alcott lift British Open titles
World No.1 claimed women's title whilst world No.4 took victory in the quads in Nottingham.

Richard Browne beats Jonnie Peacock as rivalry steps up another level
Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in the British capital saw a number of athletes who will compete at Swansea 2014 in action.