PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

How are Para alpine skiing athletes preparing for the upcoming World Cup season and the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games?

Spurred by Itsuki Ito, named as Best Forward, and Wataru Horie, the Best Goalkeeper, the Japanese side returns to the Paralympic stage after missing out on Beijing 2022; Slovakia, propelled by Most Valuable Player of the Tournament Martin Joppa, will play their second Paralympic tournament as the teams join USA, Canada, Czechia, China, Germany and Italy in Milano Cortina 2026. Korea misses out the Paralympics for the first time since 2006.

Norway tops standings mid-way through 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament with nine points while Slovakia, Japan and Korea are tied for second place on points apiece

Nine meets are scheduled between February and November, bringing together the best Para swimmers from around the world for another year of top-class competition

The VISTA Conference  is an important international scientific gathering that provides a forum for exchanging information, research and expertise related to sport for people with a disability

Four Para athletes won World Para Athletics Championship medals while several others set records or personal bests

Home heroes Abdulla Sultan Alaryani and Mohammed Alhebsi live up to the expectation even as Paris 2024 medallists including Avani Lekhara, Manish Narwal, Radoslav Malenovsky extend dominance in final World Cup of 2025

Slovakia, Korea, Norway, Japan, Sweden, and Kazakhstan ready to battle for the two tickets to Milano Cortina 2026 available in Jessheim

With Milano Cortina 2026 approaching, let's take a look at China's top moments from the Paralympic Winter Games

With momentum from recent international experience and a strong core of seasoned players, Slovakia arrive in Norway with one goal — to earn their nation’s second consecutive Paralympic Winter Games berth