PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Heinrich Popow: Mind games with Scott Reardon
Germany’s star sprinter reacts to comments made about who has the most pressure in the men’s T42 sprint class for the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Kunieda, Kamiji, Wagner win in Paris
Japan won both the men’s and women’s singles titles at the BNP Paribas Open.

German women start Euros on a roll
Germany's women's team, and men's teams from the Netherlands, Italy and Great Britain all won their openers at the Wheelchair Basketabll European Championships.

Dutch shine on third day in Frankfurt
The Dutch men’s and women’s teams shone on the third day of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.

Vote for June’s IPC Athlete of the Month
Nominees for Athlete of the Month include: Sabine Ellerbrock, Alan Fonteles Oliveira, Jose Macedo, Marlou van Rhijn and Alex Zanardi.

Peacock equals second fastest 100m time ever
The Paralympic champion ran a 10.90, sending a clear message out to his rivals ahead of the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Records for Craig and Applegate
British swimmers set multiple records and lifetime bests ahead of August's IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.

Melissa Tapper called up for ITTF Oceania Cup
Paralympian Melissa Tapper will compete against the best able-bodied table tennis players in the Oceania region.

Paralympic dream for Turkish team
Turkey’s women’s wheelchair basketball team can use the IWBF European Wheelchair Basketball Championships as their first step toward Paralympic qualification.

Athletics season nears its climax at Grand Prix final
With less than a month to go until the World Championships in Lyon, athletes will get one final chance to scope out their competition at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final this weekend.