PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
World ParaVolley launches new website
New site can be found at www.worldparavolley.org
Lucerne to stage World Wheelchair Curling Championships 2016
It will be the fourth time the event has been held in Switzerland since 2002.
Craig Spence: Are advertisers increasingly using disability to promote their products?
After this year's Super Bowl featured two adverts starring people with an impairment, the IPC's Director of Media and Communications, asks if a new trend is emerging.
De la Puente and Lvova clinch wheelchair tennis junior masters titles
Both Martin de la Puente and Viktoriia Lvova beat their opponents in straight sets to clinch the title.
IPC and American College of Sports Medicine sign Partnership Agreement
Partners since 2006, the two organisations have agreed to work together identifying a number of collaborative areas through to after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
O’Hanlon aims to write his name into history
Australia’s multiple-world and Paralympic champion wants to set a 100m world record that can never be beaten.
Penultimate World Cup slalom races decided
Victory for Canada’s Mac Marcoux over Russian Paralympic champion Valerii Redkozubov in St. Moritz.
IPC calls for final comments on Classification Code
Last call to submit feedback on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 2017 Classification Code.
USA goalball players aiming for gold at Rio 2016
The sport’s leading superpower has already qualified men’s and women’s teams for the first Paralympic Games in South America
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – January 2015
The public has until Monday 9 February to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.