PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Barlaams bring out their best for the Fighting Fish
Voted top male swimmer from the London 2019 World Championships, Simone Barlaam shares with his father Italy's success in the pool

Record-breaking demand for Paralympic tickets
Initial offering of Paralympic Games tickets concludes successfully with record number of applications

IPC publishes 2018 Annual Report
New IOC Agreement and PyeongChang 2018 highlight stellar year

Skelhon ‘laughs’ his way to double gold
Debutant Tomas Pesek of the Czech Republic stuns the best for gold

Peacock withdraws from Worlds
Two-time Paralympic and world champion out of season's most important competition due to knee injury

Nail-biting finals decide world champions on day six
Serbia's Dragan Ristic and Ukraine's Iryna Liakhu hold their nerves to win their events in Australia

Krajnyak keen to end Paralympic gold draught
'At Tokyo2020 I want to show the best of myself, I want to win,' says Hungarian wheelchair fencer

Technical officials certified ahead of African Para Games
Educational course in Moroccan capital takes place with support from the German Federal Foreign Office

Germany take European crown
Hosts bagged gold in the men’s event and settled for bronze on the women’s category at Goalball European Championships

Experience triumphs over youth as Vadovicova breaks silence
After missing podium in first two events, Slovakian counts with years of shooting, plus a little luck, to help her on day five