PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Reasons to watch the World Para Ice Hockey Championships
A key qualifier for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, Gangneung 2017 is the premier event for Para ice hockey fans this season.

Yehoshua Dekel elected President of NPC Israel
Paralympic medallist Inbal Pezaro also elected athlete representative on NPC’s board.
Whiteley backs Cancer Research Great Row
The Paralympic champion and cancer survivor has been encouraging others to take on the rowing challenge to raise charity money.

NPC Belgium, All Nippon Airways partner
The Japanese airline will be the official carrier for the Belgian Paralympic Team.

German athletes to benefit from new funding
Seventeen summer and winter sport athletes will be supported to find a better balance between work and training.

Dubai Grand Prix – Five things we learned
Find out what pointers we can take from the first World Para Athletics Grand Prix on 2017

Jean Baptiste Murema new NPC Rwanda President
The former sitting volleyball player will begin his first term as President of the NPC.

Yanai: UNIQLO, ITF deal to change perceptions in Japan
The UNIQLO senior vice president shares his thoughts on how the partnership has and will continue to change Japan.

Schedule, groups set for men’s U23 Worlds
Turkey and Iran highlight Pool A of the wheelchair basketball competition, while Great Britain lead Pool B.

LimbPower to provide 70 children with prosthetics
The British foundation’s Children’s Activity Prosthetic Fund is expected to supply around 70 children with activity limbs.