PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
No. 34 Brazil’s 5-a-side team secure fourth world title
A 1-0 win over arch-rivals Argentina means Brazil have now won four world titles in the last 16 years.
What are the three categories in para-alpine skiing?
Para-alpine skiing events are organised in three categories: sitting, standing and visually impaired.
IPC President Craven named Sports Innovator for 2014
Sir Philip Craven has been named "Innovator of the Year" by SportsBusiness International
Alcott books wheelchair tennis final place in London
Kunieda, Griffioen and Whiley all progressed to the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters semi-finals with wins on Thursday.
Belgian athletes benefit from training camp in Spain
Ahead of the 2015 season, 17 Belgian athletes have enjoyed a week long training camp in Lanzarote.
IPC Athletics 2015 Grand Prix set for five continents
IPC Athletics has announced the biggest year ever of events for para-athletics in the year before Rio 2016
No. 35 First ever Heritage Flame lit at Stoke Mandeville
• The IPC’s Top 50 Moments of 2014 continue with British Paralympian Hannah Cockroft’s involvement in the first ever international leg of the Paralympic Torch Relay.
Big shock as Whiley defeats Kamiji at wheelchair tennis masters
Shock on the first day of the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, as Japan’s defending champion Yui Kamiji slips to defeat in the opening game
Hungary dominate wheelchair fencing World Cup
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak was the star of the show as Hungary excelled on home soil in Eger, winning four titles.
No. 36 Beatrice Vio fences to gold after studious hiatus
Having concentrated on schoolwork rather than wheelchair fencing in early 2014, Italian prodigy Beatrice Vio returned to win two titles at the European Championships.