PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Female nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December

Big stars return to global stage as World Cup season kicks off
Mix of speed and technical races to test skiers with athletes making come back after lengthy absence as the 2021-22 World Cup opens in Austria

Sherif Osman re-elected as Athlete Liaison
Egypt's five-time world champion received 53 per cent of the votes in election which took place during the Tbilisi 2021 Worlds in Georgia

Tbilisi 2021: Chile takes Mixed Team gold on final day
Camila Campos, Jorge Carinao and Juan Carlos Garrido lead South Americans to the top of the podium as World Championships concludes in Georgia

Canmore winners strike gold twice on first days of racing
Romele, Masters, Wilkie, Lekomtsev, Panferova and McKeever start season off with a bang in short-distance and middle-distance cross-country events

Candidate presentations published online ahead of IPC Board elections
There are 25 nominees standing for election in Sunday’s elections – one for President, one for Vice President and 24 for Member at Large positions (one nominee is standing for two positions).

Tbilisi 2021: Rahman's legacy fuels Iran to heavyweight golds
Aliakbar Gharibshi beats Paralympic champion and sets new world record before Ahmad Aminzadeh triumphs in his World Championships debut

Tbilisi 2021: Day nine preview
World Championships will feature a Mixed Team Event for the second time follow the inaugural competition at Nur-Sultan 2019

Tbilisi 2021: Amazing Khattab makes history
Jordan's Paralympic champion improves previous mark by 10kg to take his first world title on Saturday with golds to China and Iran

Bahrain 2021: Thailand’s Inkhaoyoi takes first gold
Para athletics gives first victory to host nation, South Korea shines in goalball and Iran leads the way in wheelchair basketball