PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Eindhoven 2014: What to watch on day five
Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

Fans to choose IWRF World Championships’ best player
With a special trophy given, a new online vote will allow fans to decide on who they feel was the best player at the 2014 IWRF World Championships

Italian swimmers hit form at Eindhoven 2014
With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

Simon Boer brengt Nederlanders in extase
19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

Great Britain to face London 2012 bronze medallists at National Paralympic Day
British wheelchair basketball team announced to face the Netherlands on 30 August

Day 5 preview: World’s best meet in final pool matches at IWRF World Champs
Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.

Australia, Canada, USA, Japan progress to semi-finals
Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Rio 2016 works progressing
Construction across the four competition zones is progressing, with 55 per cent of venues now ready.

Silverman smashes 400m freestyle world record
U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.
Strong Irish team for announced for IPC Athletics Euros
Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.

Slater, Zijderveld in record-breaking form at IPC Swimming Euros
Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.

Eindhoven 2014: What to watch on day three
Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds and the hosts’ very own Marc Evers and Marlou van der Kulk will all be in action on day three (6 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Big four remain unbeaten at IWRF World Championships
Australia, Canada, Japan and USA remained unbeaten after Wednesday’s fixtures.

Vele records sneuvelen op vierde dag IPC EK Zwemmen
Nederlanders grijpen naast eremetaal.

IWRF World Championships: Thursday’s preview
A semi-final spot is on the line when Canada meet Great Britain, in the highlight of Thursday's game in Odense, Denmark.

Cashmore, Vladykina dead heat as Russia win seven European titles at Eindhoven 2014
Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Canadian Paralympic Committee Celebrates One Year to Go to TO2015
Meet the athletes in the "Are you Ready?" trailer

Boki begins European Championships with world record
At his first outing in Eindhoven, Belarusian Ihar Boki stormed to gold in 50m freestyle S3 – an event he has struggled with in the past.

Eindhoven 2014: What to watch on day four
A series of top-level women’s events will headline Thursday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships with world and Paralympic champions competing.