PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para athletics set to wow fans at Stade de France
China aim to lead the way in the biggest ever carnival of Para athletics at the Paralympic Games

World champ de La Forest aims for first medal in sixth Games
The Frenchman hopes for success on home soil in an intriguing shooting Para sport competition

First medals and a chance of history on Day 1
Para athletes get down to business as team sports and taekwondo open the day followed by the first medals in cycling and swimming

First Paralympics in France open with stunning ceremony
The Opening Ceremony for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games took place in the Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysees, kicking off 11 days of Para sport excitement

The world is watching - in record numbers!
All 22 sports will be available live for the first time in history

Paris 2024: Day one preview, schedule and ones to watch
Fifteen Paralympic champions to be crowned at Paris La Defense Arena as Para swimming gets underway on Thursday, including France's medal hopefuls Alex Portal and Ugo Didier, who will be facing Italian star Simone Barlaam in the men's 400m freestyle S9

Flagbearers announced for Opening Ceremony
The flagbearers will lead their nations into the Place de la Concorde

Paris 2024: 21 powerlifters set to be in action as flagbearers
Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau Gustin, Jordan's Abdelkareem Khattab, Mongolia's Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar and Egyptian Rehab Ahmed among others have been named as country's flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony

IPC and UNESCO call for more inclusive society
The two organisations have staged an inclusion conference to discuss how Para sport can advance the rights and opportunities of persons with disabilities

Liberte, égalité, fraternite!
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons calls for freedom, inclusion and equality in his speech at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony. Read his speech in full below.

Netherlands the team to beat again in wheelchair tennis
Dutch league of legends seek to continue rich history in the event at the iconic Roland Garros

More than two million Paralympics tickets sold
With just a few hours to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, more than two million tickets have been sold, including almost one million since the start of the Olympic competitions on 24 July

New dad McGrath hopes to make sick baby son proud
Australian Para canoeist Curtis McGrath became a father about a month before the Paralympics

Paralympic torch brings magic to Paris
The Paralympic Torch Relay arrived in the heart of Paris ahead of the Opening Ceremony, with nearly 200 torchbearers illuminating the city

Goalball’s unpredictability promises thrills galore
Brazil and Turkey took the gold medals in Tokyo 2020 but face strong competition in Paris

France aiming to break Para cycling dominance
Great Britain and Netherlands have been the teams to beat in recent Paralympic Games and will again be strong

Parsons: “We want these Games to change lives”
We caught up with International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons ahead of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony on 28 August

Meet France’s home hero Nantenin Keita
Nantenin Keita will carry the host country’s flag at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024: Para swimming greats highlight growth of Paralympic Movement
USA's Jessica Long, New Zealand's Cameron Leslie, Brazilian Gabriel Araujo, Simone Barlaam from Italy and Canada's Tess Routliffe share their excitement and goals for Paris 2024 at a press conference