PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Browne, Leeper, McFadden and Singleton named for Lyon
23 men and 11 women who competed in London feature in list of 76 athletes who will compete at World Champs, including injury doubt Richard Browne.

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.
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.

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.

Marlou van Rhijn heads strong Dutch team for Lyon
Dutch team hoping to continue ‘unexpected’ form with van Rhijn, Pruysen and van Weeghel.

Craig Spence: How low can the 100m world record go?
After a week of amazing amputee sprinting, the IPC Director of Media and Communications looks to the future.

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.

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.