PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Sydney 2018: Australia reveal team
Wheelchair rugby Worlds hosts out to defend title
![Laura Thompson | Paralympics New Zealand](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/YLj-yJ2j2rqsqeTQh4JoJkpRLfEMNhfldEeJwEFv7NQ.jpg?itok=Oq_DS4Ak)
Maniago 2018: Perfect transition for Laura Thompson
Paralympic cycling medallist aims to coach New Zealand to Worlds success
![Italian sitting volleyball team celebrates after beating hosts Netherlands at the 2018 World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/180720093431224_Italy-sitting-volleyball.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: Top five moments
Iran reclaim the men’s title and Russia win first women’s gold
![Three Brazilian men wheelchair basketball players wave at home crowd](/sites/default/files/images/180724112352289_brazil%2Bbasketball%2Brio.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Brazil’s men’s team named
Wheelchair basketball squad selected for nation’s first Worlds in over a decade
![Men's 100m T13 | Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/SjSiCTMwMUazUEHxyPgsjJBxbCSD3m6bbvXp8uU69Jc.jpg?itok=DwaEZZFn)
Berlin 2018: Jason Smyth puts winning streak to the test
Irish sprinter ready for European Championships
![Mike SCHULTZ VS. Chris VOS |Snowboard cross | Big Final | PyeongChang2018 Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/EadVxYpQGS4lWo8acC-XsKuuh7m3AhEaQxDBfJsjIC8.jpg?itok=E2OC45CI)
Chris Vos keeps Paralympics in perspective
Snowboarder believes his PyeongChang medal tells bigger story
![a male Para swimmer smiles and holds up his gold medal](/sites/default/files/images/180615104457612_Daniel%2BDias%2Bfinal.jpg)
Daniel Dias leads Brazil at Para Pan Pacifics
Competition in Australia is Paralympic champion’s main target for the season
![two men, Andrew Parsons and Barry Couzner, smiling and shaking hands](/sites/default/files/images/180723143158374_Andrew-Parsons-Barry.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: IPC President attends Worlds
Andrew Parsons meets World ParaVolley counterpart at Championships
![a group of five British Para rowers standing on the podium with their gold medals](/sites/default/files/images/180723160806473_Grace-Clough-and-Daniel-Brown.jpg)
Rio 2016 champions head GB team for Worlds
Eight rowers across three boats will race for golds in Bulgaria
![Women's 400m T44| Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/2AlfV-MPd1VB8M-OpE67u_fPPNZsKllsPmAIZZ6ugig.jpg?itok=b9v_ITlt)
Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Irmgard Bensusan
Sprinter’s journey from Olympic athletics hopeful to Paralympic medallist
![British female triathlete Hannah Moore riding on her bike during a race](/sites/default/files/images/180723081238429_hannah-moore-euros.jpg)
British brilliant in Para triathlon Europeans
Hannah Moore among inspiring winners in Tartu
![Women's 200 m T37 | final | 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships Grosseto](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/GuhPn8dvjR5ZD0S6tyfueTFMmjFpDoGyLysxXamiocg.jpg?itok=_-5V0qSD)
Berlin 2018: A European Championships history
A lookback at key moments from the previous five editions
![The Iranian men's sitting volleyball team throw their arms up in celebration on the court](/sites/default/files/images/180723105041802_iran-beat-bosnia.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: Iran take seventh men’s title
First sitting volleyball world title in eight years
![Female wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot smiles and lifts a glass trophy](/sites/default/files/images/180723123651788_diede-de-groot-british-open.jpg)
British Open 2018: Delight for Diede de Groot
Dutch wheelchair tennis player wins title just one week after Wimbledon
![Female wheelchair racer Kare Adenegan holds up a British flag next to the display of her world record time](/sites/default/files/images/180723125633039_Kare-Adenegan-anniversary-games.jpg)
Anniversary Games sees world records smashed
GB women in top form with less than a month until Para athletics Euros
![A female Para cyclist in action during a road race](/sites/default/files/images/180705144425543_Shawn%2BMorelli%2Bnew.jpg)
Maniago 2018: Shawn Morelli leads US team
Roster of 18 athletes for Road World Championships
![The mascot names were revealed in a naming ceremony on 22 July 2018.](/sites/default/files/images/180722061104729_Mascots.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic mascot named Someity
The mascot is named after a popular cherry blossom variety
![Russia's women stunned USA to win the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship](/sites/default/files/images/180722071053648_Russia%2Bgold.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: Russia win gold
First women's sitting volleyball world title for European champions
![a group of female sitting volleyballers blocking the ball at the net](/sites/default/files/images/180721122440320_usa-beat-italy-semi-final.jpg)
Netherlands 2018: New women’s winner guaranteed
Paralympic champions will take on debut finalists for sitting volleyball world title
![a group of Argentinian male wheelchair basketballers pose on a court](/sites/default/files/images/180721124948341_argentina-wheelchair-basketball.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Argentina men’s team named
Third appearance at wheelchair basketball World Championships