PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Four men’s teams progress to quarter-finals undefeated
Paralympic champions Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Iran and Russia remain unbeaten in the men's Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Poland.

Anna Schaffelhuber attends diversity day at Allianz SE
To mark Germany’s National Diversity Day (3 June), Allianz invited students with an impairment from various universities to job shadow executive managers at Allianz SE in Munich.

Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany
Around 570 athletes from 34 countries will be compete in Berlin over three days of thrilling competition.

UNIQLO sign three-year wheelchair tennis tour agreement
UNIQLO and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) jointly announced that they have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for the ITF’s major wheelchair tennis properties.

First African IPC Athletics Grand Prix closes in Tunisia
Mixed fortunues for Tunisian athletes on home soil at seventh IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season.

Thumbs up for Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games preparations
Asian Paralympic Committee express satisfcation ahead of October's Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

Iris Pruysen wants return to form in Berlin
The long jump world champion is hoping to recapture the form that won her a world title last year when she lines up against Britain’s Stef Reid.
Success story in Trinidad and Tobago
The Equal Halves project being run by the Trinidad and Tobago Paralympic Committee, and funded by the Agitos Foundation, has identified athletes, trained coaches and impacted thousands of people through in the last six months.

Win a trip to Rio 2016: nominate your favourite moment of the last 25 years
Win a trip of a lifetime for two to Rio 2016 as part of the IPC’s 25th anniversary celebrations this September

World ParaVolley 2014 General Assembly held in Poland
World ParaVolley held its biennial General Assembly in Elblag, Poland on 12 June 2014 in the same city that is staging the 2014 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships for men and women.