PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Nigeria win all four powerlifting golds at Glasgow 2014
Two world champions add Commonwealth gold to their collections as India, Malaysia, Kenya and England also make the podium.
Italy top the medals table at the 2014 European Para-Archery Championships
Six days of stunning competition concluded with 11 of the 24 competing countries winning at least one medal.

Eindhoven 2014 swimming Euros to begin
The 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships will start from Monday (4 August), featuring 380 athletes from 37 countries in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

IPC President praises Glasgow 2014 as "tremendous success"
Sir Philip Craven's comments come after Glasgow 2014 staged the biggest ever Commonwealth Games para-sport programme.

Equine Canada name team for Normandy
Four riders will represent Canada at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014

Top 10 story lines to watch at the 2014 IWRF World Championships
As the best wheelchair rugby team head to Odense, Denmark, here are 10 stories that could make the news.

July: The month in sport reviewed
Take a look back at what happened in global para-sport during July, a month that featured three World Championships, one European Championships, a World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.

Vladykina shies away from committing to Rio appearance
Russia’s four-time Paralympic champion Olesya Vladykina is competing at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, as a triple reigning European champion but up-and-coming athletes, and age, have forced her to consider her future.

IPC and ITU launch media challenge
Joining forces with the International Telecommunications Union, the IPC have launched a challenge looking to promote accessible media for all.

Weir and Hug do not impress me, claims French rival Casoli
France’s Julien Casoli has claimed that the T54 wheelchair races at this month’s IPC Athletics European Championships will not be a straight two-horse race between Britain’s David Weir and Switzerland’s Marcel Hug and that his two rivals do not impress him.