PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Day 5 preview: World’s best meet in final pool matches at IWRF World Champs
Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.
Chuck Aoki: I want ‘medal equality’
IPC blogger and the USA’s wheelchair rugby star, Chuck Aoki, wants to see every medal awarded to athletes in team sports to count towards the medal tally at major competitions.
Australia, Canada, USA, Japan progress to semi-finals
Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
The Netherlands name team for World Equestrian Games
Paralympic bronze medallist Hosmar part of Dutch team for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014.
Rio 2016 works progressing
Construction across the four competition zones is progressing, with 55 per cent of venues now ready.
Silverman smashes 400m freestyle world record
U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.
Big four remain unbeaten at IWRF World Championships
Australia, Canada, Japan and USA remained unbeaten after Wednesday’s fixtures.
Strong Irish team for announced for IPC Athletics Euros
Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.
Slater, Zijderveld in record-breaking form at IPC Swimming Euros
Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.