PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Japanese legend Miki Matheson hails Wethe15 initiative
The former ice sledge speed racer stresses on the need to keep the momentum going after Tokyo Games

Rowles finds personal victories during pandemic
Training toward back-to-back Paralympic titles, Rowles also took time work on her mental health

Tokyo Paralympics: Para athletics day 9 preview
A total of 23 gold medals will be up for grabs in the last day of track and field events at the National Olympic Stadium on 4 September in Tokyo

Uganda's Husnah Kukundakwe living her teenage dream
'Since it’s the Paralympics and everybody else has a disability, I felt really comfortable with myself,' says Uganda's 14-year-old swimmer

Paralympics: Para powerlifting day four preview
The penultimate day of Para powerlifting in this year's Paralympic Games will see power-packed performances at the Tokyo International Forum

Paralympians express excitement ahead of Tokyo 2020
Six Paralympic stars speak to media ahead of Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony

Hopes high for another Great Britain medal haul at Tokyo 2020
Glory beckons on track, in the pool and at the velodrome but team chief declines to set target

Samsung Paralympic Vloggers to bring unique athlete, fan experiences
• 15 Paralympic athletes and two Supporters to create videos using Samsung Galaxy phones to share their own insights from the Games

Tokyo 2020: USA's Marybai Huking swaps ice for goalball
Rio 2016 bronze medallist shares her first introduction to sports while she prepares for her second Paralympic Games
Tokyo 2020 and IPC inaugurate Paralympic Mural
'Following this inauguration this mural will showcase Unity in Diversity'

Paralympics: Para powerlifting day three preview
Mexico's Amalia Perez and Nigeria's Lucy Ejike battling for their fourth Paralympic gold is the highlight at the Tokyo International Forum

Team Egypt gearing towards the Tokyo 2020 Games
Powerlifting star Sherif Osman hopes to bring home fourth gold medal

Krajnyak targets wheelchair fencing gold
A long history of Paralympic experience has helped prepare the Hungarian for Tokyo 2020

New training regime boosts Cheah Liek Hou's gold quest
‘As my opponents are younger than me, I have to work more on physical fitness and my skills’

Tokyo Paralympics: Para athletics day 8 preview
The National Olympic Stadium will see 17 finals with only three days to go until the end of the Paralympic Games in Japan

Ukraine ready to make a splash and repeat Rio heroics
Third in the medal table last time around, the signs are they could do it again

Spectacular send off for 4th Paralympic Heritage Flame
'We were thrilled to welcome such esteemed British Paralympians to Stoke Mandeville Stadium for the much-loved Heritage Flame Lighting event'

Paralympics: Para powerlifting day two preview
Egyptian legend Sherif Osman in search of his fourth gold and a new world record is the highlight at the Tokyo International Forum on 27 August

Tokyo Paralympics preview: Para swimming day 10
Sixteen finals to take place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre to conclude the Paralympic Games action on 3 September in Japan

From Stoke Mandeville to Tokyo, Issy Bailey's journey
Great Britain's only pistol shooter for the Games shares how influential rehab at the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement was for her