The first American training centre for rowers with disabilities in the United States, the USRowing Para Training Center-Boston, has opened in association with Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI).
Great Britain’s double Paralympic gold medallist Rachel Morris has shown her incredible versatility once again, qualifying for the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships having already won Paralympic medals in two other sports.
The International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) has launched an online indoor rowing competition to attract more athletes from around the world.
Rowing Australia have announced that Para-athletes are now eligible to receive the same performance based funding as their able-bodied counterparts.
Para-athlete Victoria Aggar, the chair of the British Athletes' Commission and a double world rowing champion, has been given an honorary degree by her former university Leeds Beckett.
Britain have named a squad full of Paralympic winners for the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv in September.
Ukraine's Paralympic champion Roman Polianskyi secured his second PR1 men's single sculls title in two days on the final day of action at the Para Rowing International Regatta in Gavirate in Italy.
Ukrainian Paralympic champion Roman Polianskyi kept up his form from qualification to claim gold in the PR1 men's single schulls competition on day two of the Para Rowing International Regatta in Gavirate in Italy.
Ukraine's reigning Paralympic champion Roman Polianskyi was among heat winners before weather intervened today at the Para Rowing International Regatta in Gavirate in Italy.
Gavirate in Italy will host the first Para Rowing International Regatta of the season, starting tomorrow.
USRowing has received an adaptive sports grant of $250,000 (£191,000/€215,000) from the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to support the Freedom Rows programme, which assists veterans and armed forces members with disabilities.
Great Britain's Rio 2016 mixed four Paralympic champions claimed gold at the first event of the 2017 Para rowing season in Gavirate in Italy today.
The 2017 Para rowing season is due to begin tomorrow in Gavirate in Italy, where the first major international regatta will take place.
US Rowing's "Freedom Rows" project, which provides adaptive opportunities in the sport for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces, has received a cash boost of $250,000 (£193,000/€223,000).
Great Britain won three of the four medal races held as rowing finals began at the Rio 2016 Paralympics today.
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.
FA - Partnerships Manager, International Relations - London, UK
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park. This new role requires carving out and delivering new engagement programmes across the confederations, using existing experience of working in international football. It requires confidence in working with and for leadership teams, and an ability to think and work strategically, deliver projects overseas and build a network of contacts across the national associations.
The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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