Hosts Iran, the Paralympic sitting volleyball champions, got off to a winning start at the World Super 6 in Tabriz.
A blind football camp will be held in the United States later this year in an effort to develop the sport in the country, it has been announced.
Molten has been named as the new global partner and official ball partner of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
Six of the world’s best male sitting volleyball national teams will face-off at the Super 6, set to start tomorrow in Tabriz in Iran.
An estimated total of 200 top athletes will be involved in competition at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis from tomorrow as the second event in this year’s World Para Swimming World Series continues.
German prosthetics provider Ottobock has signed up as an official supplier of World Para Athletics, it has been announced.
Swimming Canada has announced the appointment of Australian Wayne Lomas to head its Paralympic programme.
Double Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medallist Alice Tai was on hand to cheer on the athletes at the National Junior Para-Swimming Championships in Southampton.
A national school competition programme to promote goalball is to be launched in Britain, it has been announced.
Britain qualified for the women’s tournament at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Finals after winning the European qualifying event in Vilamoura in Portgual.
Ukraine brought their final tally of gold medals to seven but missed out on the full set on the final day of the World Shooting Para Grand Prix in Szczecin.
Top seeded Spain and third seed Israel are through to tomorrow’s men’s wheelchair tennis final at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup European Qualification in Vilamoura in Portugal.
Britain’s four-time wheelchair fencing Paralympic medallist John Clark has died, it has been announced.
Spain will play Croatia and Greece will take on Israel in tomorrow’s men’s semi-finals at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup European Qualification after all four top-seeded nations topped their round-robin pools today in Vilamoura.
Ukraine brought their total of gold medals to six at the World Shooting Para Grand Prix in the the Polish city of Szczecin as their competitors earned two more titles.
The first Winter Paralympic Games were held in Örnsköldsvik in Sweden in 1976. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. A total of 16 countries took part with 53 athletes. Events were held in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing. West Germany finished top of the overall medals. They won a total of 28 medals, including 10 gold. The event was originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled.
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Provide the highest quality medical support to all athletes for the duration of the Youth Olympic Games (including preparation, Games-time and post-competition phases). This includes the planning and prioritisation of medical/physio attendance at the Games.
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