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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a male Para sprinter stands next to a race clock

Season kicks off in World Championship host city Dubai

male boccia player Worawut Saengampa smiles and holds up his gold medal

Formidable Thai team likely to dominate boccia tournament

a group of students in a classroom holding up different coloured banners

College class supports athlete’s quest to reach Tokyo 2020

Leilia Adzhametova | My Greatest

Paralympic sprint champion opens up on big influences

Day Seven Para Snowboard Highlights | PyeongChang 2018

Paralympic champion Mike Minor motivated by more than sport success

A woman and a man in wheelchairs holding a trophy and a certificate

PyeongChang 2018 stars recognised at ceremony in Dusseldorf

A man hugging a child in the middle of a group of children

Japanese kids get the chance to swim with their Paralympic hero

three female Para equestrian riders with Rixt van der Horst in the centre, standing on the podium

Para dressage rider juggles new job and studies with training

Male Australian badminton player in a wheelchair attempts to hit the birdie in the air

Top names to watch in season-ending tournament

Five men competing in an indoor shooting event

Tunis hosts first international competition in the African region

female Para canoeist Charlotte Henshaw makes a stroke through the water

Opens up on rivalry with British teammate Emma Wiggs

the official emblem of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Athletics, swimming and powerlifting among Paralympic sports

male wheelchair tennis player Nick Taylor plays a forehand on a hard court

US Paralympic champion recognised as a role model

female Para triathletes Christiane Reppe and Kelly Elmlinger racing in a hand-cycle and a wheelchair

Reppe and Elmlinger share challenges of switching to new sport

male Para dancer Ivan Sivak raises his arms in a wheelchair

Emotional motivation leads to first European gold

Luis Figo was among the attendants to the blind football training sessions in Kazakhstan

UEFA-backed training sessions held in Kazakhstan

Male boccia player throws red ball

Slovak boccia athlete motivated by rivals and teammates

Melissa Stockwell won bronze at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

How Para sports helped Melissa Stockwell

A man in a sledge playing Para ice hockey

What came out of the second C-Pool World Championships