PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A cash sponsorship of RM132,940 has been handed over to the Paralympic Council of Malaysia for next month’s event.

Athletics

Shelley Woods, David Weir and Jonnie Peacock all triumph in Great Britain over the weekend despite poor weather conditions.

Para Ice Hockey

The Japanese ice sledge hockey team will try to make the Paralympic Winter Games again after winning silver at Vancouver 2010.

Athletics

The 100m T44 will be included in this weekend’s Great North City Games in Newcastle, Great Britain, which will be aired live on BBC 1.

Table Tennis

The 25-year-old British table tennis star gets his inspiration from his mother, who has the same disability as him.

Triathlon

Australia’s Bill Chaffey, France’s Yannick Bourseaux, USA’s Melissa Stockwell and Great Britain’s Jane Eagan are all looking to defend their world titles.

The new list of prohibited substances and methods will be made public on October 1 and will take effect on January 1.

Athletics

Marathon runner begins 29th out of 40 marathons in quest to raise 1 million GBP for charity.

Former swimmer Scott Field sits on the IPC Classification Committee and believes that all athletes should take the time to take part in the current Classification Code Review.

Judo

Find out why Antonio Tenorio, Carmen Herrera Gomez, Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis, Dartanyon Crockett, Gwang-Geun Choi and Afag Sultanova are ones to watch.

Para dance sport

Six of seven events at the 2013 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport Continents Cup in Moscow, Russia are won by Ukraine and the host nation.

Para Ice Hockey

Women’s ice sledge hockey players are trying to grow the sport in hopes of one day adding it to the Paralympic Winter Games programme.

Athletics

Men’s race to feature returning champions Josh Cassidy, Kurt Fearnley and Heinz Frei.

Sochi 2014

World number one and Spanish medal hopeful for Sochi 2014 laid up until at least January.

Asia

Leaders address why the Asian Para-Games and Asian Youth Para-Games are important for building the Movement in the region and world.

Rio 2016

With three years to go until Rio 2016, we have drawn up a list of 10 para-athletes you should follow, including some heavyweights and some not-so-obvious choices.

Sitting Volleyball

Great Britain’s sitting volleyball captain picks the top four men and women to watch at next week’s European Championships.

Executive Committee headed to Dubai, where they also took part in a workshop on table cricket.

Canada

The corporate and commercial lawyer has taken over the reigns of the biggest para-sport event of 2015.

Powerlifting

British powerlifter Ali Jawad explains why his Crohn’s disease can’t be an excuse for missing out on gold anymore.