Back to paralympic.org
Vista 2019 logo
Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Brazil's Number 10 Ricardinho
Blind Football

Brazil and Argentina are the only two teams to win the world title and the two will meet again in Monday’s final in Tokyo, Japan.

Zahra Nemati
Archery

Paralympic and world archery champion has aspirations to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016.

Women in sit ski on a cross country track
Sochi 2014

Deborah McFadden on the meaning of her daughter's silver medal, and why she supported Tatyana in her dream to gather her adopted and birth families to watch her compete in the country she was born.

40. Summer athletes Tatyana McFadden and Oksana Masters medal in winter
Sochi 2014

American teammates Tatyana McFadden and Oksana Masters both made a successful switch from summer to winter sports, medalling in Nordic skiing at Sochi 2014.

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.
Rio 2016

Action from the football 5-a-side Worlds, banked slalom makes it debut in para-snowboard, a world record attempt and more.

Two men in hand cycles cross the finish line one after another. The first one celebrates.
Cycling

The para-cycling H5 category has become one of the most fiercely contested in sport, with three athletes trading blows to become the best.

Back of a football player looking at another blindfolded player who prepares to shoot a penalty
Blind Football

At the Football 5-a-side worlds, reigning champions Brazil smash Germany, Argentina keep up their form, whilst Spain and China need penalties to progress.

Empty image

Sir Philip Craven to give keynote address at UNESCO International Conference “From Exclusion to Empowerment” – The Role of Information and Communication Technologies for Persons with Disabilities.

Logo of the International Paralympic Committee

British athlete passed away on 11 November 2014

man looking at the camera with arms crossed in front of Canadian banner
Canada

Dr. Richard Goudie and Dr. Andrew Marshall have previous experience of the role at Olympic and Paralympic level, and will operate as Chief and Assistant Chief Medical Officers

Allianz Fact of the week Football 5

The 2014 IBSA Blind Football World Championships take place in Tokyo, Japan.

Mascots of the past with kids
Rio 2016

Mascots from the 1980, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have arrived in Rio ahead of Monday's launch of the Rio 2016 mascots.

Portrait picture of women wearing a headscarf
Archery

The Iranian archer Zahra Nemati is a role model to all after her London 2012 Paralympic gold, and she urged those with impairments not to give up on their aspirations

A picture of a man practising snowboard
USA

French rider Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon, Austria’s Patrick Mayrhofer and American Mike Schultz also picked up gold medals at the World Cup in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

five athletes in sledges on the ice
Para Ice Hockey

Norway’s A-Pool team will compete on home ice against B-Poolers Sweden from 21 November.

Players celebrate, jumping one on another on a football field of play
Football 7-a-side

The Ukrainian football 7-a-side team make the Top 50 Moments of 2014 as they prove once again they are the force to be reckoned with in Europe.

Amalia Perez Ones to Watch main picture
Powerlifting

In a change to the original host city of Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico, will now stage the IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships between 26-29 April.

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.
Wheelchair Tennis

The Australian wheelchair tennis player is looking to play for 24-hours straight in a bid to raise money for two charities that helped him as a child.

Michael Shea of the United States
Snowboard

Riders from the USA, the Netherlands and Italy have taken historic victories in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

woman in red standing on stage in front of a gold background and addressing the crowd
Rio 2016

Briscoe takes up the role for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after successfully operating as Chef de Mission during the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games