PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

First Under-25 Para Sailing World Championship to take place in 2023
Braassemermeer, the Netherlands will host the inaugural event, originally scheduled to take place from 19-22 July 2022

Madeira 2022: Dadaon pulls plot twist on day of world records
Men's 50m freestyle S4 sees two records in one day on Thursday while Brazil's Santiago and USA's Smith take their fifth World Championships gold

Madeira 2022: Pagonis repeats Tokyo with debut gold
US star wins her first ever World Championships race while Italy's Simone Barlaam breaks his own record helping Italy to reach 16 golds in four days

Santiago 2023 officially confirms sports venues
• The next Pan American and Parapan American Games will be held in four regions, 19 communities and 41 sports venues

Pride Month: Robyn Lambird on making history and being in the spotlight
‘It’s only now, reflecting back, I can see the importance of telling my story and being visible in order to open the sport up to more people’

Para badminton world champion Manasi Joshi on living life without limits
‘I wish every person with a disability gets the benefit of sport, like it has given me'

Madeira 2022: Award winner Pin Xiu defends world title on day three
Spain's Marta Fernandez takes two golds in less than one hour and former refugee athlete Abbas Karimi helps Team USA to break relay world record

Swans and World Para Swimming extend partnership until 2024
Madeira 2022 is the third World Championships since the partnership between Swans and World Para Swimming began in September 2017

Madeira 2022: Brazil's new star Oliveira wins two golds in one day
Sixteen-year-old continues Daniel Dias' legacy in the S5 class on a Monday with two world records and four USA victories in Funchal