PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
David Weir aims to maintain record over Marcel Hug at major Championships
The British Paralympic champion lines up at Sunday’s marathon World Championships knowing he’ll most probably have to beat the defending champion to land the world title.
USA Hockey and Labatt announce sledge hockey partnership
American sportscaster John Buccigross will be backing the growth of sledge hockey in the USA as a programme ambassador.
Canadian government invests toward Paralympic athlete development
Twenty-million Canadian dollars to go toward high performance sport
Hayes becomes world’s fastest female para-athlete in São Paulo
South African makes history by clocking 11.89 on the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
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.
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: 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).
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).
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.
Tickets available for July’s National Paralympic Day in Great Britain
Fans have chance to cheer on British athletes in athletics and swimming on 26 July in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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
Great Britain steals show at Para-Equestrian Dressage in Deauville, France
British trio helps edge Dutch in tune-up for European Championships.
Norwegian sailors aim for back-to-back World Cup wins
Hyeres is the third installment of the 2014-2015 World Cup series