PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

‘Mahomes of wheelchair football’ driving the game upwards as Super Bowl looms
Sunday’s Super Bowl LV will be particularly poignant for Matt Bollig, star quarterback of the Kansas City Wheelchair Football team.

As Super Bowl shines, so do NFL players with disabilities
How American football players Shaquem Griffin and late-Tom Dempsey inspire generations of onlookers

De Silvestro celebrates career’s first speed victory
World Cup in Saalbach, Austria wraps up with several dramatic upsets

WADA launches new e-learning course for athletes and coaches
'Athletes and coaches should be viewing anti-doping as an integral part of their Tokyo 2020 training regime'

Dai Tokairin: My notebook of positivity leads to success
'A gold medal is a life changer. That’s why I’m in a quest to win it.'

Quiz time! How much do you know about the Euros?
Madeira, Portugal will host the Para swimming European Open Championships in a 100 days from now

Beijing 2022 unveils Paralympic Torch
The torch features a gold and silver colour scheme and the lower section is engraved 'Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games' in Braille

Women’s Para hockey of Canada to host grassroots virtual camp
Participants are being encouraged to share their virtual camp experiences on social media using the #ParaIceHockey and #HockeyIsHers hashtags.

EU-funded project creates opportunity for PhD student to join the IPC
The project aims to develop a more objective classification test for visual function

Speed specialist Markus Salcher registers first downhill win in three years
France’s Hyacinthe Deleplace grabs the leader’s bib in men’s vision impaired class