PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Sport Week: Rosenmeier craving taste of gold
It has been a while since the Danish Para table tennis star last won a singles gold on the international stage.
Sousa confident he can win two medals at Rio 2016
Brazil’s 23-year-old swimmer is hoping to climb onto the Paralympic podium in the 100m and the 400m freestyle S11, this September.
Countries to receive support for awareness campaigns
Four National Paralympic Committees successfully applied for seed funding to promote Para sport ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Sport Week: Table tennis storylines to follow
Here are five potential headliners that could come out from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair basketball teams stay loose for Rio
Here is a brief rundown of the tournaments taking place ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.
China aims to upset at Rio 2016
The Beijing 2008 blind football silver medallists feel ‘prepared to beat anyone’ at September’s Paralympic Games, including powerhouse Brazil.
Para rowers take on World Cup in Poznan
World champions Erik Horrie, Moran Samuel are among those to watch in Poland.
Clarion: My best moments
The French biathlete and cross-country skier was amongst the top cross-country skiers in the 2015-16 World Cup.
International Tournament gives teams warm-up for Rio
The Netherlands, Ukraine and the USA will face off before they meet again in September’s Games.
Records continue to tumble on final day of Grosseto 2016
Great Britain’s women’s sprint relay quartet stormed home to a new world record out on the track on the final day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy (Thursday 16 June).