PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ellen Keane set to join Ireland in Madeira
Paralympic champion still recovering from COVID will meet other four members of the team at later stage for the World Championships

BAC sanctions athlete Vinod Kumar for Intentional Misrepresentation
The results obtained by the Indian athlete in Para athletics competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games have been disqualified

Wheelchair tennis to break new ground at Roland Garros
Record 32 wheelchair tennis players set to contest titles at one of the sport's four majors for the first time

Top 5 tips to get started in wheelchair tennis from Grand Slam champion Fernandez
Five-time Grand Slam champion Gustavo Fernandez says wheelchair tennis is sport that can be enjoyed at all levels, from beginners to advanced players

UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak
Polak is stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 4000m individual pursuit from Tokyo 2020, which now passes to France's Alexandre Lloveras

Fleur Jong flies high at L'Hospitalet 2022
Dutch Paralympic champion sets new world record at the traditional international Para athletics meeting in Spain on Saturday

Debrunner delights home fans with four world records in Nottwil
Marcel Hug is another Swiss wheelchair racing star to set a new world record during the three-day World Para Athletics Grand Prix

Paralympic champions return to L'Hospitalet
Markus Rehm and Fleur Jong join Adiaratou Iglesias and plenty of local stars at the traditional International Meeting in Spain on Saturday

European Championships mark new era in Para taekwondo
New fighters emerge as Paris 2024 medal threats as Para taekwondoins compete alongside able-bodied teammates

Blind skateboarder Mancina on mission to build world's first adaptive skatepark
Detroit-based rider returned to skateboarding after losing all of his vision and now wants to help others with vision impairments pick up the sport