PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Australia, Canada, USA, Japan progress to semi-finals
Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

The Netherlands name team for World Equestrian Games
Paralympic bronze medallist Hosmar part of Dutch team for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014.

Canada beat Great Britain in double overtime classic
Canada has edged past Great Britain by just a single point as Australia, Japan and USA all secured victories on day four of the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Eindhoven 2014: What to watch on day five
Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

Fans to choose IWRF World Championships’ best player
With a special trophy given, a new online vote will allow fans to decide on who they feel was the best player at the 2014 IWRF World Championships

Italian swimmers hit form at Eindhoven 2014
With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

Simon Boer brengt Nederlanders in extase
19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

Day 5 preview: World’s best meet in final pool matches at IWRF World Champs
Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.

Chuck Aoki: I want ‘medal equality’
IPC blogger and the USA’s wheelchair rugby star, Chuck Aoki, wants to see every medal awarded to athletes in team sports to count towards the medal tally at major competitions.

Gold medal favourites start well at IWRF World Championships
The big four of USA, Australia, Canada and Japan all got thier world title bids off to a good start on Tuesday in Odense, Denmark.

Rio 2016 works progressing
Construction across the four competition zones is progressing, with 55 per cent of venues now ready.
Strong Irish team for announced for IPC Athletics Euros
Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.

Slater, Zijderveld in record-breaking form at IPC Swimming Euros
Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.

Eindhoven 2014: What to watch on day three
Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds and the hosts’ very own Marc Evers and Marlou van der Kulk will all be in action on day three (6 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Silverman smashes 400m freestyle world record
U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.

Vele records sneuvelen op vierde dag IPC EK Zwemmen
Nederlanders grijpen naast eremetaal.

Cashmore, Vladykina dead heat as Russia win seven European titles at Eindhoven 2014
Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

IWRF World Championships: Thursday’s preview
A semi-final spot is on the line when Canada meet Great Britain, in the highlight of Thursday's game in Odense, Denmark.

Big four remain unbeaten at IWRF World Championships
Australia, Canada, Japan and USA remained unbeaten after Wednesday’s fixtures.