PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Canada name TO2015 wheelchair rugby squad
The world’s second best team know they will have to beat Team USA to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Mandip Sehmi](/sites/default/files/images/130807095722897_Mandip%2BSehmi.jpg)
Great Britain wheelchair rugby squad named for Euros
The wheelchair rugby squad features 12 players and is led by captain Chris Ryan.
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Spanish Paralympic Committee set Rio 2016 athlete criteria
The criteria was approved at the Spanish Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly.
![Swimming stars Keri-anne Payne and Scott Quin](/sites/default/files/images/150213101116876_swimming.jpg)
Glasgow 2015 to break broadcast records
A record number of media are also expected to attend the 2015 swimming Worlds, which begin on 13 July.
Faces of the Future: Great Britain's Alfie Hewett
The 17-year-old is the top-ranked junior and a rising star in the wheelchair tennis scene.
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Schedule announced for Wheelchair Rugby European Championships
Hosts Finland to face Ireland on opening day.
![Elodie Lorandi](/sites/default/files/images/120704120438265_545892_418262614869381_831975244_n.jpg)
Seven Paralympic champions to watch at Glasgow 2015
Aside from the big name multiple medallists, who else should fans be on the look-out for at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships?
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IPC saddened by death of Eleiko owner Blomberg
Lennart Blomberg, of IPC Powerlifting partner Eleiko, passes away.
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Zhang smashes second, third world records at shooting World Cup
Chinese world and Paralympic champion breaks seven year old qualification best in Osijek, Croatia and goes onto set new world record in the finals.
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Zheng on a learning curve at Glasgow 2015
The ‘armless swimmer’ is hoping he can learn from opponents and protect his own world record and titles at the Worlds.
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Iranian athlete suspended for four years for anti-doping violation
Ahmad Ostavarian tested positive for two substances during an in-competition test at February’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, UAE.
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IPC opens nominations for 2015 Paralympic Media Awards
The awards, supported by Allianz, will recognise members of the international media for their coverage of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games.
![Couple on the dance floow. He is in a wheelchar, she is sitting on the floor, both pose](/sites/default/files/images/140723145650107_CO9V0483_0.jpg)
Best of Chinese Taipei dancers line-up for dance Cup
Singles dancers from the host country highlight competition at the 2015 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport New Taipei City Cup Open.
![Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, with athletes.](/sites/default/files/images/150710085907336_chile_0.jpg)
President of Chile wishes team luck ahead of Toronto 2015
Chile plan to send their biggest ever team to August’s Parapan American Games.
The Superhumans return to Channel 4 in the build up to Rio 2016
Coverage will include the upcoming IPC Swimming World Championships and October’s IPC Athletics World Championships.
![Marcel Hug of Switzerland (R) and Josh Cassidy of Canada compete in the Men's 5000m - T54 heats on day two of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium.](/sites/default/files/images/130710165823125_Hug.jpg)
Ten world records that have stood the test of time
Ahead of a busy summer of athletics, we look at the 10 long standing world records that may be beaten soon.
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Eduard Ramonov named June’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
The midfielder was oustanding in helping the Russian football 7-a-side team capture the world title.
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World’s best swimmers ready to impress at Glasgow 2015
Mullen, Simmonds, Long and Pascoe, target gold medals on the first day of Glasgow 2015 on Monday (13 July).
Zhang sets new world record at IPC Shooting World Cup
Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang also helped her team to a new world record in Osijek, Croatia, a Paralympic qualifier.
![Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.](/sites/default/files/images/150401182908450_Vasyl%2BKovalchuk.jpg)
Record number of countries for shooting World Cup
Athletes from 48 countries – the most ever at a World Cup – will line-up for the first Paralympic qualifier of 2015.