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PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Portuguese national trials to decide team for Euros
Portugal’s top para-swimmers will try for selection for the national team that will compete at their home European Championships in Funchal.
Once homeless, Tahl Leibovitz embraces new career while training for Rio
Through the ACE Programme, the class 9 player is able to work and train for the Paralympic Games.
Van den Brink reflects on Evers’ chances at Rio 2016
Team Manager assesses what the 100m backstroke champion needs to do to retain his Paralympic title.
Ottobock provides wheelchair rugby services ahead of Rio 2016
The mobility solutions supplier has provided technical and welding services at the International Wheelchair Rugby Championship and Test Event.
New Zealand names sailing team for Rio 2016
The National Paralympic Committee also announced partnerships with Maersk Line and Oceanbridge.
German, Canadian, Austrian skiers seal downhill globes
Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.
Two more Rio 2016 Games venues unveiled in Deodoro Olympic Park
Venue for football 7-a-side inaugurated alongside arena that will stage wheelchair fencing.
Monthly preview: March 2016
World Championships in track cycling and boccia headline this month in para-sport.
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – February 2016
The public has until 9 March to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
Experienced, rising riders to compete at CHI AL SHAQAB
A mix of para-equestrian riders will test themselves ahead of the Rio 2016 Games at the competition in Doha, Qatar.
Lima 2019 Parapan American Games to feature a record 17 sports
The Lima 2019 Organising Committee has signed an agreement with the Americas Paralympic Committee to stage the biggest ever Parapan American Games.
My best and worst moments: Great Britain’s Aled Davies
The British discus and shot put world champion recalls the highs and lows of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014.
Griffioen aiming for more than Paralympic gold
Prior to the Games in Rio, the Dutchwoman is also seeking two Grand Slam titles.
Great Britain name sailing team for Rio 2016
The British complete their team by announcing their SKUD 18 and sonar teams for the upcoming Paralympics.
France’s Bochet takes overall downhill World Cup
Competition across classifications also hots up heading into the final downhill races in Aspen, USA.
Nominees for 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards announced
Six para-athletes are up for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.
Track transformation takes place ahead of London 2017
British Paralympian Richard Whitehead helped remove the finish line of the old track to mark 500 days to go until the 2017 Para-athletics World Championships.
Training Tuesday with Australia’s Angie Ballard
The T53 racer set new world records over 400m and 800m in 2015 and is targeting her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.
Great Britain triumph at wheelchair rugby Test Event
European champions among three teams to test the venues for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Adecco offers chance for 50 youngsters to become ‘CEOs for One Month’
Online applications open from 1 March to 15 April.