PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Canadian athletes get cash boost
50 athlete and coach pairings receive $8,000 to help fuel their sport dreams.
Leeper: I can beat Peacock at BT Great CityGames
American Leeper is looking to deprive Peacock of victory at home.
Five questions for Nazmiye Muslu
Turkey’s Nazmiye Muslu spoke to Paralympic.org after winning gold with a world-record lift at the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.
Whitson makes strides as two-sport athlete
Immediately after returning from a gold-medal victory at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship A-Pool, Canada's Derek Whitson hit the football 7-a-side pitch.
Channel 4 to screen major upcoming athletics events
BAFTA winners to screen World Championships, Grand Prix Final and Anniversary Games
Spain beat Chile on first day of competition
First day of BNP Paribas World Team Cup concludes in Antalya, Turkey
IRB Boufarik wins Algeria Wheelchair Basketball Cup
The men’s wheelchair basketball team IRB Boufarik won the 2013 Algeria Cup Trophy, after beating the Nour M’Sila, 41-38, in the final.
New Zealand name squad for swimming World Champs
London medallists and world record holders head up team
Aleksin 2013: What to watch
Here’s a breakdown of what to watch each day at this week’s 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.