PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Madeira 2022: Italy reaches 27 golds to top medals table again
USA's Leanne Smith takes two victories on day seven to finish as most successful athlete at the World Championships in Portugal

Madeira 2022: Special Friday feeling for Barlaam and Santiago
Brazilian picks sixth triumph and Italian breaks his second world record at the World Championships with Ukraine claiming five golds in 50 minutes

Lomianki hosts world's best and newcomers at Polish Open 2022
Traditional event in Poland kicks off this year's World Para Dance Sport season with 52 athletes from 11 nations

Pyeongtaek 2022: China makes gold sweep in women's events
Samaneh Hoda Aghghaleh becomes first Iranian female powerlifter to compete in a World Para Powerlifting championships

First Under-25 Para Sailing World Championship to take place in 2023
Braassemermeer, the Netherlands will host the inaugural event, originally scheduled to take place from 19-22 July 2022

Jamaica’s Paralympic champion Cunningham reinvents into master of multiple sports
Double Paralympic athletics champion still smiling, still competing and still winning… in three new sports

Madeira 2022: Dadaon pulls plot twist on day of world records
Men's 50m freestyle S4 sees two records in one day on Thursday while Brazil's Santiago and USA's Smith take their fifth World Championships gold

Madeira 2022: Pagonis repeats Tokyo with debut gold
US star wins her first ever World Championships race while Italy's Simone Barlaam breaks his own record helping Italy to reach 16 golds in four days

Santiago 2023 officially confirms sports venues
• The next Pan American and Parapan American Games will be held in four regions, 19 communities and 41 sports venues