PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Australia win bid to host 2019 INAS Global Games
The competition takes place ahead of Tokyo 2020, giving athletes an opportunity to qualify.

INAS celebrates Global ID Sports Day
The inaugural event is aimed to raise awareness on intellectually disable sport.

Beijing to stage Boccia World Individual Championships
The 2016 World Championships in March will be the last stop for athletes seeking a spot in Rio 2016.

Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix Grosseto
More than 470 athletes from 38 countries will line-up this weekend in the Italian city for the eighth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the year.

For Balk, Lillehammer set bar for Winter Paralympics
The former US sit-skier recalls what made the 1994 Winter Games special and the changes he has seen since.

Long is ‘whole new swimmer with nothing to prove’
Long is ‘whole new swimmer with nothing to prove’

USA a potential dark horse in World Championships
After taking third in a recent tournament, the US showed they have the capability to make a run in the football 7-a-side Worlds.

Sedakov leads the scores with triple gold in Belgrade
The Russian won all his couples and singles events as his teammates also took a total of seven golds.

Five facts about Grosseto
Ahead of this weekend’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy, here are five facts that you might not know about the city.

Spanish swimmers set for Glasgow
Six-time Paralympic champion Teresa Perales and reigning world champion Sarai Gascon just some of the names set to compete at the 2015 swimming Worlds.