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Tax break in France for Para sport ahead of Paris 2024
VAT on range of sport equipment for persons with disabilities reduced to 5.5%

Tokyo champions to lead hosts USA at Indianapolis World Series
Fifth stop of the season will see around 150 athletes competing during three days in the last official competition event before the World Championships
World Para Dance Sport launches 2022 Online Competition
Participants have until end of April or May to submit their performances according to their categories.

Mitchell Gourley voted onto IPC Athletes’ Council
Australia’s Para alpine skier was elected to the IPC Athletes’ Council following election run-off

Dutch delight as Dorsman smashes records in Berlin
Paralympic champion shines at the penultimate World Series of the season with Tanja Scholz and Verena Schott leading the host nation to the podium

Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Para Ice Hockey
The sport remained USA's territory with the fourth gold in a row, but the 2022 and 2026 host nations also left their mark

Semechin celebrates 'small miracle' at Berlin World Series
Paralympic champion is the main star in the penultimate leg of the season with more than 450 athletes in action in the German capital

Takeaways from Wheelchair Curling
China cement their status on the world stage

Aichi-Nagoya to host 2026 Asian Para Games
Around 4,000 athletes and team officials from the Asian Paralympic Committee's 44 member nations are expected to attend and 18 Para sports will be on the programme

Sensational Hug opens the season with a world record
World’s best impress at the Grand Prix season opener in Dubai breaking multiple world and regional records from 21 to 24 March

Marcel Hug leads star-packed field at the Dubai 2022 GP
Nearly 450 athletes from 43 countries to take part in the first World Para Athletics event of the year in UAE

Amy Purdy announces retirement
Purdy is a three-time Paralympic medallist and Para Snowboard pioneer

Para powerlifting athlete Omotola Eniola Falodun receives four-year ban for ADRV
Nigerian returned an adverse analytical finding for a Prohibited Substance in-competition on 6 February 2020

Vadovicova leaves Hamar with more golden glory
Four-time Paralympic champion puts Slovakia on the top of medals tally as European 10m Championships wraps up in Norway

Takeaways from Para Cross-Country Skiing
Para Cross-Country Skiing saw one of Paralympic sports greatest athletes bow out in style, while the next generation were ushered in

Role reversal for mother-daughter duo
Ulla Gilot guided her mother Linda Le Bon on her Paralympic debut

Top Moments of the Winter Paralympics
Sporting highlights that will never be forgotten

Wheelchair Curling: A sport for all ages!
Some of the youngest team members who played at Beijing 2022 reveal what it is like to play the sport

World Para Powerlifting publishes new Rules and Regulations
Announcement follows a three-year consultation process with participation of 71 National Paralympic Committees