PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC Athletics World Championships opens in Lyon
Sir Phillip Craven opens athletics' biggest gathering since London 2012

Looking at Lyon: Men’s 100m T44
Will Jonnie Peacock or Richard Browne cruise to a world title, or will another amputee sprinter pass them before the finish?

Abdi Jama: From European champion to Ramadan observer
After captaining Great Britain to another wheelchair basketball European title, Abdi Jama begins to celebrate Ramadan.

Looking at Lyon: Men’s 100m T42
Heinrich Popow and Scott Reardon headline a stacked field in the men’s T42 class at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

NPC Spain creates Athletes’ Council
The Council will serve as a consulting body between the NPC and its athletes.

USA holding Sochi 2014 sledge hockey tryouts
Sixty-one players will compete for 17 roster spots available on USA’s ice sledge hockey team for Sochi 2014.

USA’s Jeremy Campbell, Jessica Long win ESPYs
The American discus thrower and swimmer – both Paralympic champions – were named Best Male and Female Athlete with a Disability, respectively.

Day one preview – Lyon 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
• 17 gold medals up for grabs as Lyon 2013 get underway.

Wagner, Sithole to contest quads title at British Open
The 24th British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships will conclude this weekend at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Browne predicts breaking Peacock's 100m world record at Lyon 2013
The American Paralympic silver medallist thinks all 100m T44 podium finishers final will have to go sub-11 seconds.