Belarus’ Paralympic champion Andrei Pranevich will compete at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Cup that starts in Kyoto tomorrow hoping to end 2018 on a high.
Ukraine’s Olena Chynka has won the Allianz International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for November.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the United Nations Human Rights Office have published a short film to showcase the employment legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
The Para Nordic skiing season will get underway tomorrow with a World Cup event in the Finnish resort of Vuokatti.
Brazilian judo world champion Alana Maldonado is one of five athletes nominated for November's Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Athlete of the Month award.
The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) and mental health charity Beyond Blue have agreed a new partnership to ensure athlete well-being.
Africa has hosted a fourth International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) goalball workshop in the South African town of Stellenbosch.
Hosts Colombia picked up two golds, one of which was won with an American record, on the final day of action at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota.
The World Para Athletics Grand Prix series enters its seventh year in 2019 with nine events scheduled to take place around the world between February and August, ahead of the World Para Athletics Championships in November.
The United States edged past Canada 5-4 today to win gold at the Canadian Para Hockey Cup in London in Ontario for the fifth time in a row.
Titles were decided across six more divisions at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota today, with Mexico picking up two overall golds.
Chile roared to triple gold today at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota.
Argentina beat Brazil in the final of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) South America Championships in Lima to win their second consecutive title at the competition.
United States thrashed South Korea 8-0 to finish the preliminary round stage of the Para Hockey Cup with a 100 per cent record.
The Agitos Foundation’s I’mPOSSIBLE education programme has been adopted by 16 new National Paralympic Committees in celebration of the United Nations Day of Persons with Disabilities.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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