PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
No. 16 Tokyo 2020 success
After winning the Games in September 2013, Tokyo 2020 has progressed at great speed and with great enthusiam.
Russia wins three out of four races at IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup
On the penultimate day of competition, there were wins for Russians Chokhlaev, Golubkov and Zaynullina, as well as Ukraine’s Shyshkova.
Ellie Simmonds calls for home crowd for IPC Swimming World Championships
Britain’s best known Paralympian launches tickets sales for the nation’s biggest para-sport event since London 2012.
Anna Schaffelhuber wins season’s first Europa Cup race
Paralympic medallists Markus Salcher, Andrea Rothfuss and Valerii Redkozubov also finish on top of the podium in Pitztal, Austria.
Ali Jawad – I have pursued every element of my life to improve to challenge Othman
Powerlifting world champion Ali Jawad looks forward to competing against Egypt's Sherif Othman next year.
No. 17 IPC sports develop sponsorship and competitions
2014 has been a hugely successful year for the sports governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
90 days to go: Ostersund 2015 website launched
Find out more about the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool, taking place from 15-21 March.
Masters’s first World Cup win breaks Russian dominance
Russia has dominated the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup yet again, taking all men’s victories, whilst USA’s Oksana Masters won her first World Cup event.
Ten young guns to look out for in para-athletics in 2015
Find out who are the young track and field stars who could come of age during the 2015 para-athletics season
Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot named "Tom"
Nearly 325,000 people took part in the public vote to decide the name of the Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot.