PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

ITF lists World Team Cup nominations
France, the Netherlands and Israel are the defending champions in the BNP Paribas World Team Cup events.
Natalia Dannenberg: Marketable athletes market themselves
IPC Digital Media Manager Natalia Dannenberg explains the importance of social media in helping athletes market themselves.

Media accreditation opens for IPC Athletics World Championships
Media can register for accreditation via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Warrior Games close in Colorado Springs
The Warrior Games featured 260 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans.

APC partners with ABU for broadcast opportunities
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) are looking to enhance coverage of the Asian Para-Games and Asian Youth Para-Games.
Medals will be last item on Mamalos' mind in Aleksin
Greece’s Pavlos Mamalos has built quite a following heading into next week’s IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.

Desert Challenge 2013 preview - IPC Athletics Grand Prix
Big American names set to compete in Arizona this weekend.
Sochi 2014 set to unveil Games medals
The medals for the next Paralympic Winter Games will be revealed on 30 May.

Ireland win football 7 tournament in dramatic shoot-out
Ireland defeated the Netherlands for first place at the 2013 Dublin Gathering, and Scotland took third place.

Austria to hold football 7-a-side workshop
Austria are hoping to establish a football 7-a-side team in time for next year’s European Championships.