PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

First INAS Awards presented
The Ceremony took place in Sheffield, Great Britain, with athletes from Hong Kong scooping two major awards.

New edition of The Paralympian out now!
How the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics sports were chosen is the main feature of the first edition of 2015.
IPC Swimming Media Advisory
Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships now open

Liberty Seguros presents the new Team Promises Paralympic Athletics
Sixteen athletes will receive support as they prepare for Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

Australia name 30 athletes for Glasgow 2015
The IPC Swimming World Championships will take place between 13-19 July in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Canadian alpine skiing duo announce retirements
Chris Williamson and Matt Hallat have brought to an end their competitive skiing careers

Corbin Watson’s three hockey heroes
Find out who Canada’s ice sledge hockey goaltender is modelling his game on ahead of the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.

Four German youngsters set their sights on Glasgow 2015
Four young German talents want to qualify for Glasgow 2015 on their road to the Rio 2016 Paralympics

Strongest Americas lifters at Mexico 2015
Around 120 athletes from 25 countries will compete at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships from 26-29 April.

#SuperheroSunday: Liwan Yang
The double London 2012 Paralympic champion gives an insight into her three heroes

Spanish swimmer Deborah Font retires
The 29-year-old will now focus on her studies after a glittering career spanning four Paralympic Games.

O’Hanlon and Reardon set for Doha 2015
The two Australian world champions have been automatically selected to compete at October’s IPC Athletics World Championships.

Italy’s sledge hockey team are ‘at tactical forefront’
Coach Massimo Da Rin has confidence in his team’s ability to impress at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool from 26 April.

Maksim Sedakov: My top five dances and moves
From Paso Doble to breakdancing, Russia’s Europeans silver medallist is passionate about wheelchair dancing.

Schaffelhuber aims to compete in PyeongChang 2018
The five-time Paralympic champion sets her sight on the next Paralympic Winter Games.

World No.1 Nikolenko named March’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
The Ukrainian para-table tennis star was in great form at the first major tournament of the year winning two gold medals.

Sithole aiming to do better at BNP Paribas Open de France
After losing in the semi-finals in both the singles and doubles in 2014, the South African wheelchair tennis ace is hoping for better this time round.

PyeongChang 2018 Ceremonies will use world's best directors
Experts have a vast experience of Ceremonies from a number of spectacular sporting events.

Malaysia and Australia secure Asian qualification
The two nations progress to the women’s elite group of wheelchair tennis.
First Spanish IPC Athletics Education programme takes places in Ecuador
Supported by the Agitos Foundation, the course trained 30 officials