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Wheelchair tennis to break new ground at Roland Garros
Record 32 wheelchair tennis players set to contest titles at one of the sport's four majors for the first time

Top 5 tips to get started in wheelchair tennis from Grand Slam champion Fernandez
Five-time Grand Slam champion Gustavo Fernandez says wheelchair tennis is sport that can be enjoyed at all levels, from beginners to advanced players

UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak
Polak is stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 4000m individual pursuit from Tokyo 2020, which now passes to France's Alexandre Lloveras

Fleur Jong flies high at L'Hospitalet 2022
Dutch Paralympic champion sets new world record at the traditional international Para athletics meeting in Spain on Saturday

Debrunner delights home fans with four world records in Nottwil
Marcel Hug is another Swiss wheelchair racing star to set a new world record during the three-day World Para Athletics Grand Prix

Paralympic champions return to L'Hospitalet
Markus Rehm and Fleur Jong join Adiaratou Iglesias and plenty of local stars at the traditional International Meeting in Spain on Saturday

European Championships mark new era in Para taekwondo
New fighters emerge as Paris 2024 medal threats as Para taekwondoins compete alongside able-bodied teammates

Blind skateboarder Mancina on mission to build world's first adaptive skatepark
Detroit-based rider returned to skateboarding after losing all of his vision and now wants to help others with vision impairments pick up the sport

Pieter Joon to be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame
Founding father of World ParaVolley will be the first ever inductee from the world of sitting volleyball

Hershey joins as partner of LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Hershey Company has become the first domestic food partner of the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and also renewed its partnership with Team USA

Debrunner welcomes new career challenges in Nottwil
Switzerland hosts third Grand Prix of the season with plenty of Paralympic medallists in action from Thursday to Saturday

Mexico's Gustavo Sanchez on the magic of diving into challenges
‘Now I am a completely different Gustavo. Sport gives you that confidence’

Iraqi Para shuttlers keen to make a mark after international debut in Dubai
Team coach aims for his players to rise to the top of the rankings among the Arab countries and in the West Asian region

Record-breaker Hunt-Broersma will ‘never stop’… unless her other leg ‘falls off’
The South African-born amputee has recently completed 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days

Santiago 2023 Para swimming medal programme revealed
A total of 148 medal events will be held in the first edition of the Parapan American Games to take place in Chile from 17 to 26 November next year

Paris GP to have record participation
The fourth edition of the competition will welcome more than 750 athletes from 57 countries to the French capital in June

From diffusing bombs to winning races: How Brad Snyder found new life in Para sports
‘Dream big. You don’t know what is possible for you until you try,’ says six-time Paralympic champion
IPC makes EUR 1 million of grants available to NPCs for sport development
NPCs will be able to apply for funding until 5 June 2022 in three grant areas

Citi becomes founding partner of new PARA SPORT programme
• Citi to help grow select Para sports through 2024

WeThe15 named International Campaign of the Year at 2022 Sport Industry Awards
The latest victory at the 2022 Sport Industry Awards takes the total number of major international awards that WeThe15 has won to eight