PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Male swimmer in goggles in the pool

Swimming

Belarusian hopes return to winning ways at finale in Berlin

male wheelchair tennis player Dylan Alcott holds up a silver trophy and smiles

Wheelchair Tennis

Top players aim to complete set of all four major titles

Brent Lakatos of Canada crosses the line to win in the Mens 100m T53 final at the London 2017 Para Athletics Championships.

Athletics

From Switzerland to Germany, athletes rewrite record books

Two Russian Para ice hockey players in front the Slovakian goaltender

Para Ice Hockey

Ice hockey team shows intent for international return

male boccia player Daniel Perez smiling

Boccia

Dutch boccia player targets second victory in 2019

Agitos

Summer Sports

Christian Holtz to oversee development of 10 sports governed by IPC

Korean male archer pulls back on his bow string aiming for a target

Archery

Archers strike world records on opening day

Collage made up of five photos of Allysa Seely, Anssell Miranda Martinez, Carolina Munevar, Herbert Aceituno and Sherman Guity

Athletics

Five countries represented among nominations

Wooden clubs for throwing events at Tokyo 2020 will be created by a public school students

Tokyo 2020

Students to produce wooden clubs for Tokyo 2020

Equipment to be used at throw events at next year's Paralympics

Ricardinho controls the ball, while two Turkish players try to take it from him

Blind Football

Seven players expected to shine at regional Championships

Iranian Zahra Nemati shooting the arrow

Archery

Total of 292 athletes from 52 countries target Worlds medals

Alice Tai smiles and sticks out her tongue

Swimming

Paralympic champion takes gold at World Series

Ricardinho takes the ball while facing two Argentinian defenders

Blind Football

Blind Football American Championships kick off in Sao Paulo

male wheelchair dancer poses for camera

Para dance sport

Former European champion wins pair of golds

Magazine cover photo of Asian powerlifting bowing her head

The Paralympian features female Para athletes who have risen up to challenges

Women's 200m T47 | Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Champs

Athletics

US star aiming to inspire others

Australian Paralympian Curtis McGrath carries the country's flag at the Opening Ceremony of Rio 2016

Australia

Online course to be country's selection requirement for 2020

A man swimming in a pool

Swimming

Belarusian wins first international gold since Dublin Euros

Man in wheelchair dancing

Para dance sport

Para dancers continue Worlds preparations in Frankfurt

Para badminton athletes participate in a BWF training camp in Ugand funded by the Agitos Foundation Grant Support Programme

Agitos Foundation

A total of EUR 650,000 will be made available for Para sports development projects around the world