PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC, IOC and Airbnb to launch Airbnb Athlete Travel Grant 2025 edition
The Athlete Travel Grant 2025 offers athletes the chance to apply for a USD 2,000 grant to book Airbnb stays around the world to support competition or training related trips

Sam Schroder targets fourth straight Australian Open quad singles title
Everything you need to know about the Australian Open Wheelchair Championships.

Ukraine's Roman Bondarenko accepts three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para swimmer returned adverse analytical findings for prohibited substances at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal to hear IPC cases appointed
Alan Darfi, the Senior Discipline Manager of the Football Association in England, was appointed as President of the Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal

EOIs for 2027 World Championships and U20 Worlds to close on 1 April
All prospective hosts have until 1 April 2025 to submit their Expression of Interest for the 2027 World Para Athletics Championships and the 2027 World Para Athletics U20 Championships

IPC’s digital channels enjoy record 2024
More than 1.6 billion video views across IPC digital channels in 2024, while number of internet searches breaks the one billion barrier for the first time

Launch of World Para Fencing marks start of new era
The 2025 season will feature a series of competitions held under World Para Fencing

Brno to host Para Trap World Championships in September
Seventh edition of the event will take place from 12 to 14 September marking the first major shooting Para sport championships to be held in Czech Republic

Ramphadi reflects on winning Africa’s first Paralympic wheelchair tennis medal
South Africa's Donald Ramphadi aims to "restore hope" after capturing the bronze medal in the quad doubles at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Nepal’s Goverdhan reflects on making Paralympic history
At Paris 2024, Para taekwondo athlete Palesha Goverdhan became the first Paralympic medallist from Nepal

Nigeria's Kafilat Almaruf receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifting athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for the administration of an anabolic agent of exogenous origin in a sample provided out-of-competition

Para swimming stars share their goals for 2025
Yip Pin Xiu and Husnah Kukundakwe are eyeing the World Championships in Singapore, check out what Gabriel Araujo, Ellie Challis and Simone Barlaam are planning for the new year

Athlete Sagynbek Makhamatkul Uulu banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Kyrgyzstani Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical findings for prohibited substances at the Sharm El Sheikh 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup

WADA’s 2025 Prohibited List now in force
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders that the 2025 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List) and the 2025 Monitoring Program entered into force on 1 January 2025.

Paralympic champions share their New Year resolutions
Since the beginning of the year is the perfect time to come up with new goals, we asked several Paralympic champions to share their New Year resolutions and what they are looking forward to in 2025.

Happy New Year from IPC President Parsons
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons says there are many things to look forward to this year, including the IPC Athletes’ Forum in June and the rollout of the IPC development programme Sport for Mobility

Paralympic videos for the holiday season
We have selected 10 videos from the Paralympic Movement that will make your holiday season so much more special

De La Forest and Lekhara make history, Granada sees new champions: 2024 Year recap
It is time to look back at a memorable 2024 World Shooting Para Sport season. And here are the year’s highlights.

Portuguese athlete Simone Fragoso banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for metabolites of a Prohibited Substance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Para Swimming World Series: Know all winners
First awarded in 2017, here are the winners of all editions of the World Series in the Female and Male Overall, High-Support Needs and Juniors Athletes categories, as well as the best National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of each year