PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Join the Fantasy Team Game!
Fans from all over the world have the opportunity to be part of the Online World Cup Series and show how well they know the sport

Aigner sisters make seven-strong skiing family proud
Austria's Veronika and Elisabeth Aigner finish second year on World Cup circuit with perfect record

Beijer and Visser get best of both worlds
Different styles mean different learnings for the star wheelchair basketball players

IPC welcomes US Open decision to reinstate wheelchair tennis
The International Paralympics Committee President Andrew Parsons has welcomed the United States Tennis Association (USTA)

Athletes’ Anti-Doping Rights Act published
Developed by athletes, the document ensures that their rights are clear, accessible and universally applicable

Canadian star Cindy Ouellet aims for podium in Tokyo
Women’s team looking for first Paralympic medal since 2004

'Forza', Alex
For him, who has become a symbol of struggle in the face of life's fragility, the word 'pity' has no place
Paralympic gold motivates Farias through pandemic
Italian Para canoeist has a world title but now wants to top off with Paralympic hardware in Tokyo

Paralympic medallist Angela Madsen dies on solo rowing trip
'She told us time and again that if she died trying, that is how she wanted to go'

Top moments in wheelchair basketball
Memories from the past Paralympic Games that cannot be forgotten

US celebrate first-ever joint Olympic & Paralympic Day
‘This is a monumental step to see the two movements join together to celebrate the value that sport brings to the world’

Hear my voice: Being a Black man with a disability
Brian Bell – a wheelchair basketball Paralympic champion – opens up about his experience and what can be done to tackle racism
Welcome to wheelchair basketball
The sport was part of the original eight at the first Paralympic Games in 1960
I’mPOSSIBLE educational toolkit unveiled in Japanese
The third edition of the secondary education version will be distributed to 17,000 schools for free

Reigning Paralympic champion Sophie Thornhill retires
‘After a lot of thought and support, I am ready to move onto the next chapter of my life’

#ForzaAlex: Paralympic Movement rallies round Zanardi
He remains in intensive care in a critical but stable condition at Le Scotte hospital in Siena

World Refugee Day: A medium for inclusion
Initiative led by the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation and UNHCR has made a difference for many lives in Rwanda refugee camps