PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Teams prepare for knockout stages in Incheon
The quater finalists will go head-to-head on Saturday in the IWBF men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
National Paralympic Day extends across Great Britain
Saturday 30 August will mark National Paralympic Day in Great Britain with many great events planned.
IPC releases new Classification Code for consultation
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) invites feedback on the first draft of a new Classification Code, due for publication in 2017.
Three unbeaten at 2014 World Wheelchair Basketball champs
Reigning Champions Australia, Great Britain and Spain all maintain their unbeaten records as the second group phase reaches its penultimate stage.
Skelhon aims for two world titles in Suhl
The only thing missing from Great Britain’s Matt Skelhon’s trophy cabinet is a world title and he heads to the 2014 IPC Shooting Worlds targeting not one but two gold medals.
Ireland announce team of five for swimming Euros
Paralympians and newcomers make up Irish swimmers hopeful of podium finishes at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 4-10 August.
USA name team for 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Champs
Paralympic gold medallists Jessica Long and Brad Synder will compete in the largest team the USA has sent to a major international event.
Channel 4 continues para-sport commitment in summer 2014
Channel 4 is set to broadcast a host of major para-sport events this summer - following the broadcaster’s unparalleled coverage of Sochi 2014, the biggest ever UK TV commitment to a Paralympic Winter Games, and two years on from its ground-breaking, BAFTA winning coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games.
French team named for Swansea 2014
France have named a squad of 20 athletes and three guides for August’s IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, Great Britain, and it includes a number of world and Paralympic champions.
2014 European para-canoe Championships to break records.
A record number of athletes are competing from over 20 European countries at the 2014 European para-canoe Championships in Brandenburg, Germany.