PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Buffalo 2025 Team Preview: Get to know Korea
South Koreans are in search of their first World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool medal in six years

Buffalo 2025 Team Preview: Get to know Slovakia
Team Slovakia will be making a second consecutive appearance at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool

IPC President visits Cambodia and Vietnam
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons visited Cambodia and Vietnam to strengthen ties with the National Paralympic Committees and meet with government officials

Markus Rehm returns to action at 2025 Meeting of L'Hospitalet
Paralympic legend is one of the stars in the 20th edition of the tradition Para athletics international event in Spain

IPC hosts International Federation Open Days
The International Federation Open Days provided participants the chance to discuss opportunities and challenges, exchange best practices, and look towards the future of the Paralympic Movement

Barlaam reflects on Paris 2024 glory, aims to spark buzz for Milano Cortina 2026
After winning three gold medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Italian Para swimmer Simone Barlaam sets his sights on making Milano Cortina 2026 just as unforgettable

Buffalo 2025 Team Preview: Get to know Norway
Scandinavians return to the World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool after playing the B-Pool for the first time last year

Buffalo 2025 Team Preview: Get to know Germany
Germans will make their seventh appearance at the World Championships A-Pool, and the fourth in the last ten years, hoping for a top five finish to earn a spot at next year's Paralympic Winter Games

Cali 2025 GP Preview: Blade runner Guity leads star-studded field
Plenty of Paralympic stars including Paris 2024 champions from the Americas are among 243 athletes from 18 nations in action at the first-ever World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Colombia

IPC appoints Prof. Wayne Derman as Medical Director (External)
With an extensive background in sports medicine and a commitment to athlete health, Professor Wayne Derman brings extensive expertise to the role of Medical Director of the International Paralympic Committee

Oman selected to host World Sailing Inclusion Championships
The World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Oman will bring together an expected 215 sailors from around the world for a week of competition

Top Paralympic Winter Games moments: Austria
With less than one year to go until Milano Cortina 2026, let's take a look at Austria's top moments from the Paralympic Winter Games

Tbilisi 2025 World Cup: Jintcharadze and familiar names shine in season opener
Paralympic stars Abdelkareem Khattab, Omar Qarada and home hero Akaki Jintcharadze highlight the list of winners at the first World Para Powerlifting event of the year, as Jordan, Uzbekistan top medals table

Jalisco 2025 GP Review: Emotional Guerrero inspires home athletes to gold
Paris bronze medallist sets new personal best en route to victory as Mexican stars dominate track and field events during the four-day World Para Athletics Grand Prix

LA28 International Broadcast Center to be held at Hollywood Park Studios
The International Broadcast Center will be situated in Inglewood, California, and will serve as the hub for global Media Rights-Holders who have acquired exclusive rights to broadcast the 2028 Games

Astana to host World Championships B-Pool in September
Italy, Japan, Sweden, France, Finland and the host nation will be vying for two promotion slots to the A-Pool from 6-11 September at Tarlan Arena

Breaking new ice: Hockey clinic brings sport to Mexico
Paralympians Josh Pauls and Tyler McGregor mentor project to introduce Para ice hockey in Mexico City developed by Urban Hockey Foundation with the support of former player Karina Villegas and NPC Mexico

Simpson brothers fired up for Milano Cortina 2026
Neil Simpson and his brother Andrew reflect on winning Great Britain's only gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Paralympics and how they are preparing for Milano Cortina 2026

Tbilisi 2025 World Cup: Preview, stars and where to watch
Paris 2024 champions Abdelkareem Khattab and Omar Qarada will be among 134 athletes from 25 nations competing in Georgia in the first World Cup of the 2025 World Para Powerlifting season

LA28 unveils 2028 Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremony venues
The Paralympic Opening Ceremony on 15 August 2028 will take centre stage at the Stadium in Inglewood. Following two incredible weeks of competition, the Paralympic Closing Ceremony will mark the Games’ final moments from the LA Memorial Coliseum on 27 August 2028.