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Memorable team performances of 2021
Morocco men's 5-a-side football team create history

Ireland’s Eaglesham hits target with wheelchair invention
The shooter’s innovative design a huge hit among athletes at Paralympic Games

Bauchet triumphs at the last test before Lillehammer
France’s Arthur Bauchet continues to lead in men’s standing class, while Austrian twins Johannes and Barbara Aigner take nine medals from Switzerland

Kononova and Holub undefeated in Finland
Chinese Para Nordic newcomers win two gold medals in final races before the Paralympic year to finish off a great competition in Vuokatti

Syrian refugee Ahmad Rafiq Aldaji makes Worlds debut
He starred for the World Para Taekwondo Refugee team in his first international event

Eight winter sport candidates to stand for IPC Athletes' Council elections
The IPC Athletes' Council elections will take place from 25 February to 11 March during the Beijing 2021 Paralympic Winter Games

2021 recap: newcomers and legends shine in unforgettable year
First World Series in Paralympic year and Madeira Euros pave the way to fantastic ten days at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Spanish athlete Amdou Diallo Diouf in anti-doping rule violation
- International Paralympic Committee has referred the matter to the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation for them to determine further sanction

GB Wheelchair Rugby champ Stuart Robinson hungry for more gold
The 39-year-old was a key member of the triumphant Great Britain side in Tokyo

2021 recap: a season to shooting Para sport history
World Cup returns before newcomers and shooting legends meet at the Paralympic Games while Italy wraps up the year with the Para Trap Worlds

2021 recap: Competitions return and Para dance goes virtual
A lookback at a season full of emotions and surprises when new stars broke through and world champions showed fine form

Youngsters cap off 2021 races with first World Cup medals
US and Italian riders strike double golds in the final competition before the Lillehammer 2021 World Championships starting on 12 January

China takes on the Para Nordic world by storm in Finland
Holub, Sakhanenka, and Shyts take two golds each for Belarus in cross-country races at the Vuokatti Europa Cup with Para biathlon action still to come

Tokyo’s probably the highlight of my career: Jordanne Whiley
The 29-year-old announced her retirement last month

Ukraine's Iaroslav Denysenko receives two-year ban
Para swimmer returned an adverse analytical finding for a Prohibited Substance in an out-of-competition sample

2021 recap: New forces emerge on the biggest stage
With the Paralympic Games and World Championships taking place in the same year, many new countries shine on the podium for the first time

United States led the charge for Americas
Finish third in the overall medal tally with 104 medals - 37 gold, 36 silver, and 31 bronze
European athletes receive leadership training
Proud Paralympian workshop held online in early December

IPC begins search for independent Nominations Panel members
Two new members to assist in the appointment of non-executive directors to IPC bodies

Tschopp blazing trail for Switzerland in Hochfuegen
Austria caps off 2021 with banked slalom races at the last Para snowboard event before January's World Championships in Lillehammer