PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Semi-final matchups set at football 5 Euros
France will face Turkey and Spain will challenge Germany for a spot in the finals at IBSA’s football 5-a-side European Championships.
Record number of athletes named to French Worlds team
33 athletes and four guides form the French selection for the IPC World Championships Lyon in 2013.
Lyon team named by Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Household names including Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock selected alongside other Paralympic Champions.
German women win Euros tune-up
Germany’s women’s wheelchair basketball team finished ahead of Canada and the Netherlands at Cologne’s three-nation tournament.
Heinrich Popow: Uh oh, Reardon's on a roll
Germany’s world and Paralympic champion Heinrich Popow talks up Australian Scott Reardon heading into the IPC Athletics Worlds.
Brazilians dominate in Berlin, Popow peaks in time
A full round-up of all the action from Berlin at the weekend, where world records were broken and history made.
Zarin re-elected to lead Movement in Malaysia
Dato Zainal Abu Zarin will serve as President of the Paralympic Council of Malaysia (PCM) for another term.
Stephane Houdet: Fernandez can win Rio 2016 gold
Frenchman Stephane Houdet talks about rising wheelchair tennis star Gustavo Fernandez after facing him at Roland Garros.
Marlou van Rhijn heads strong Dutch team for Lyon
Dutch team hoping to continue ‘unexpected’ form with van Rhijn, Pruysen and van Weeghel.
Huge American show of strength at national trials
130 athletes vying for places on national team for World Championships in Lyon, France, put up world-class performances over the weekend.