WHEELCHAIR RUGBY NEWS

In six months’ time the Parapan American Games will kick off in Toronto, and home favourite Zak Madell could be one of the stars

The wheelchair rugby teams of Italy and Ireland will face each other just before the RBS Six Nations match between both countries on 7 February.

New four-year plan will guide the growth and development of wheelchair rugby.

After winning every wheelchair rugby title there is, Ryley Batt has said he now wants to win another Paralympic gold medal at Rio 2016

GB team aim for success at the inaugural BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge during the 2015 Rugby World Cup this autumn

US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki has come up with his list of must see events in 2015.

In 2014, 271 Paralympic places were decided for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in 10 sports.

With the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games next year, here are 10 players to keep an eye out for in wheelchair rugby.

“The Steelers” have been shortlisted for team of the year at the inaugural ASPAs which will be presented in February 2015.

After gold at London 2012, the Australian wheelchair rugby team are now world champions after success in Denmark.

Assistant coach Torben Nygaard to take over as head coach from Thor Johansson who now moves into a more specialist role.

Canada beat arch rivals USA in overtime in the semi-finals of the World Championships.

Reacting to an online blog that labelled wheelchair racing “not elite sport”, US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki challenges Olympians to support Paralympians to be recognised as elite athletes in the media.

A recap of all the Paralympic sports contested at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para-Games, including badminton, which will make its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

They beat South Korea to win the first ever Asian Para Games wheelchair rugby title in Incheon

Japan will be strong favourites going into the competition in Incheon, as they face South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Three separate IWRF 2015 European Championships have been announced with a new three-tier divisional system in operation.

The 2014 ‘Fuelling Athletes and Coaching Excellence’ programme has pledged CAD 500,000 (EUR 352,546) to benefit 50 athlete and coach pairings.

A little known fact is that four women turned out for nations at August’s IWRF World Championships in Denmark.

The United States Olympic Committee joins the global Paralympic Movement in celebrating the two-year countdown to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Sunday 7 September.