PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Leila Marques Mota and John Petersson were also elected First Vice-President and Second Vice-President respectively at the 2025 IPC General Assembly.

NPC Russia had been suspended since September 2023

The sixth day of the Toyota World Para Swimming Championships Singapore 2025 crowned 23 new champions

Home favourite defends her 50m backstroke S2 title in front of roaring crowd that included nation's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on stands; USA’s Olivia Chambers clinches third gold medal in the championships as do Gabrielzinho; World records for Spanish veteran Albert Gelis (100m backstroke S11) and Great Britain (mixed 4x100m medley relay S14) as China continue to lead medal standings on day six of Toyota World Para Swimming Championships Singapore 2025

Over 1,100 athletes will be competing at the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships through to 5 October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

The International Paralympic Committee welcomes new members NPC Bolivia, NPC South Sudan, and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)

The decisions were taken at the 2025 IPC General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea

The Para swimmer star from Milan secures a thrilling win in men’s 400m freestyle S9; USA's debutant Katie Kubiak continues her successful campaign with a third world record, en route to winning women’s 50m freestyle S4 final; Brazil’s Gabriel Bandeira too set a new world record while winning men’s 200m individual medley SM14 and Turkiye’s Defne Kurt claims her third gold medal in Singapore triumphing in women’s 100m butterfly S10 final on day five of the Toyota World Para Swimming Championships Singapore 2025

The fifth day of the Toyota World Para Swimming Championships Singapore 2025 crowned 25 new champions

After making Italian history in Dubai and Paris, the 26-year-old powerlifter moves to the men’s up to 88kg category with his eyes on another medal