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Squads announced for 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship
12 of the 13 top ranked teams in the world are bringing a total of 139 players including most of the top names in the sport to Vejle, Denmark

Mexico hosts World Series for first time at 2022 season finale
Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Tijuana welcomes nearly 230 athletes from 16 countries from Thursday to Sunday this week

USA stamp dominance in Ostrava
Paralympic champions outplay arch-rivals Canada 4-0 for gold at International Para Hockey Cup while Sweden claim Nordic Challenge title

Debrunner and Hug do it again in London
Swiss pair triumph in the men’s and women’s wheelchair races in the British capital to replicate their victories seven days earlier in Berlin
Lonato 2022: Golden delight for home stars Oreste, Nanni
Italian stars claim individual and team titles to help hosts end on top with four gold medals at the first ever European Championships

IPC President signs declaration on inclusion of sport at Vatican
The declaration was signed at the conclusion of a two-day international summit at the Vatican

Hosts Georgia celebrate first ever European title on final days at Tbilisi 2022
Akaki Jintcharadze hoists 228kg to win the title in the men’s over 107kg, while Poland’s Marzena Zieba sets European record among the female heavyweights

WeThe15 picks up second award in 48 hours
Human rights movement picked up accolade at Creative Moment Awards

Delta and LA28 unveil co-created emblem for first-ever partner integration
Integrated emblem is the first in Olympic and Paralympic Movement history

WADA publishes 2023 Prohibited List
The World Anti-Doping Agency calls on athletes, entourage and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol that is to take effect in 2024

Paralympic Day in Paris to feature exciting sport programmes and 100 athletes
Paralympic Day on 8 October will be an opportunity for visitors to try about 15 Para sports and meet many accomplished athletes, including long jumpers Markus Rehm and Stelios Malakopoulos
WeThe15 named best inclusion campaign at 2022 Leaders Sports Awards
The campaign won the Inclusion Award on 27 September for making a difference in sport and beyond

Lonato set to add another slice of history
Top Para Trap shooters including world champions Francesco Nespeca, Vesa Jarvinen and Ignacio Javier Oloriz to compete in the first ever Euros

Turkey rises to the top as records continue to tumble at Tbilisi 2022
Italy's Donato Telesco loses and regains his European record in a matter of minutes during a dramatic men's up to 80kg final

World Rowing Championships showcase talent expected at Paris 2024
Norway's Birgit Skarstein won the PR1 women’s single sculls while Ukraine’s Roman Polianskyi topped the men's event at the 2022 World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic

Debrunner makes marvellous marathon debut in Berlin
Marcel Hug takes seventh triumph in the German capital with a dominant performance to complete a Swiss sweep in the wheelchair races

Swan smashes eight-year-old record as European Open begins
Ukraine leads medals table with three European champions from the country crowned after first two days of competition

World medallists return to Tbilisi on a quest for European titles
Paralympic and world champion Mariana Shevchuk leads a team of Ukrainian female Para powerlifting stars

WADA Executive Committee approves 2023 Prohibited List
The 2023 Prohibited List was approved at the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee meeting this week and will come into force on 1 January 2023

World Para Powerlifting joins UN SDG Action Campaign to 'Flip The Script'
Initiative to mobilise community to take action on the Sustainable Development Goals during European Open Championships in Tbilisi