PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Tennis

Just hours after defeating Shingo Kunieda for the Roland Garros singles titles, Stephane Houdet partnered with him to win the doubles title.

October’s Parapan American and Asian Youth Games may have very well produced future Paralympians.

Athletics

Find out which athletes and media were honoured for their top performances and coverage at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Alpine Skiing

Current world No. 1 kicks off arguably the most important season of her para-snowboard career in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Wheelchair Rugby

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Australia wheelchair rugby, Brazil football 5-a-side and Canada men’s wheelchair basketball.

Swimming

Some of Great Britain's finest World and Paralympic champions will be among the 290 disabled swimmers at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, this weekend (23-24 November), the largest event of its kind in the country for some time.

Attendees learn more about the Agitos Foundation, IPC Sports Strategic Plans and hear from IPC Governing Board candidates.

Table Tennis

There’s no better way to follow up London 2012 double-gold than winning another pair of golds at a regional Championships in your home country.

Alpine Skiing

Dutch and American riders begins season with victory heading into the World Cup on Friday (22 November).

Athletics

The strategic plans for the nine IPC sports will make them stronger and in the long-term self-sustainable.

Alpine Skiing

Repeat performances from top riders follow on from the first race of the season at the IPC Alpine Skiing Snowboard Europa Cup yesterday.

Shooting

Proud Paralympian Leo Rupp made the German shooting for London 2012 and is setting is sights firmly on Rio 2016.

Shooting

Cycling

The Newport International Para-Cycling Cup will be a three-day event, drawing top cyclists from around Great Britain.

Here’s a brief introduction for how the upcoming IPC Governing Board election process will work.

Canoe

The 23-year-old amputee has declared himself one of the canoeist’s to beat on the road to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Wheelchair Basketball

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Patrick Anderson, Ryley Batt, Daniel Dias, Heinrich Popow and David Weir.

Wheelchair Curling

Show your support for the upcoming Sochi 2014 Paralympics by sporting products that display the Agitos and Sochi 2014 logo.

Football 7-a-side

Brazil’s football 7-a-side team has somehow broken the hegemony of the top three teams in the world – Ukraine, Russia and Iran.

Athletics

Series to visit nine countries in four continents after successful launch in 2013.