PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Brazilian Powerlifter Emerson Barbosa banned for life
Athlete tested positive during an out of competition test prior to the IPC 2014 Powerlifitng World Championships.
 
						Ukraine retain European Football 7-a-side crown
Defending champions defeated the Netherlands in the final of the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side championships in Maia, Portugal.
 
						Long jump world record in danger at Swansea 2014 says Le Fur
The former world record holder thinks with the strong competition in the long jump T44 a new world mark could be set.
 
						Eindhoven 2014 swimming Euros to begin
The 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships will start from Monday (4 August), featuring 380 athletes from 37 countries in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
 
						IPC President praises Glasgow 2014 as "tremendous success"
Sir Philip Craven's comments come after Glasgow 2014 staged the biggest ever Commonwealth Games para-sport programme.
 
						Equine Canada name team for Normandy
Four riders will represent Canada at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014
 
						Top 10 story lines to watch at the 2014 IWRF World Championships
As the best wheelchair rugby team head to Odense, Denmark, here are 10 stories that could make the news.
Italy top the medals table at the 2014 European Para-Archery Championships
Six days of stunning competition concluded with 11 of the 24 competing countries winning at least one medal.
 
						July: The month in sport reviewed
Take a look back at what happened in global para-sport during July, a month that featured three World Championships, one European Championships, a World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.
 
						Vladykina shies away from committing to Rio appearance
Russia’s four-time Paralympic champion Olesya Vladykina is competing at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, as a triple reigning European champion but up-and-coming athletes, and age, have forced her to consider her future.
 
			 
						 
						 
						