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Tbilisi to host 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships
Competition to take place from 27 November to 5 December in Georgian capital

Virtus member nations impress at Tokyo 2020
World and Paralympic records broken by athletes with intellectual impairments across three sports

Rising Phoenix musician George Doman on his ascent to stardom
‘They'll realise a gift isn't cursed’

Netherlands claim historic hat-trick
Dutch team becomes first nation to win all three senior World Team Cup titles in the same year

Schaer and Hug triumph at the London Marathon
Swiss stars win in London for the third time just a week after taking the double at the Berlin Marathon

Takeaways from Para badminton
China topped the table clinching 10 medals including five gold, Malaysia create history

Takeaways from Para powerlifting
China's Liu Lei ending his Paralympic career with fourth successive gold medal at the Paralympic Games was no mean feat
Tangled Outriggers adds humour on Para Snow Sports crashes
Community insider launches project to poke fun at Para fails and battle the stigma on society’s view of people with disability

WADA publish 2022 prohibited list
Agency calls on athletes, entourage and all stakeholders to note major modifications concerning the use of salbutamol and injectable glucocorticoids

Takeaways from football 5-a-side
Talking points following Brazil’s fifth Paralympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020

Beijing 2022: Updates on spectators, vaccination and COVID-19 countermeasures
The IOC and IPC welcome the decision to allow for the sale of tickets to spectators residing in China’s mainland

African continent make their presence felt at Tokyo 2020
Clinch 63 medals in total, including 21 gold; Algeria led the show with 12 medals

Tokyo 2020: Top five Para powerlifting moments
Fans voted for their favourite moments from the Tokyo International Forum on World Para Powerlifting social media channels

Para athlete Caio Pereira receives four-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Brazilian returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided after competing at Lima 2019 Parapan Am Games

Tokyo 2020: Top 10 Para swimming moments
Legends, newcomers and first-time gold medallists make it to the list voted by fans on World Para Swimming social media channels

Takeaways from wheelchair fencing
Bebe Vio shines as China extend dominance

Swiss domination at the 2021 Berlin Marathon
Manuela Schaer takes her fifth consecutive title as Marcel Hug returns to the top of the podium in his first race after winning gold at Tokyo 2020

Takeaways from judo
The home of judo received athletes from across the globe at the legendary Nippon Budokan

Call for nominations for the Athlete Representative election
New athlete representative to replace Belgium’s Sofie Cox for a two-year term and to take part in the Sport Technical Committee