Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Kieran Modra is heading a team of four Para-cyclists named in Australia's squad for Glasgow 2014.
A campaign has begun to raise the necessary funds to allow Alem Mumuni, one of Africa's leading Para-cyclists, to bid to win Ghana's first ever Paralympic medal at Rio 2016.
Australia has named 13 athletes in its squad for the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships taking place in Greenville, United States this summer.
Paralympic and world champions Carol Cooke and David Nicholas have underlined their credentials with two wins apiece at the Australian Para-cycling Road Championships in Echuca.
Two-time London 2012 champion Alex Zanardi was on fine form during the first round of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Road World Cup in Castiglione Della Pescaia, as he won both gold medals in his MH5 hand-cycling class.
The final day of action at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Track World Championships concluded with three more world titles for Great Britain, who ended the event as the top ranked nation with seven gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
April 12 - Great Britain's Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy powered to gold in record-breaking performances at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes today.
British competitors had a golden day at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Track World Championships in Mexico as the men's and women's kilo time-trial teams secured gold medals, with both setting world records in the process.
Australia and New Zealand took team pursuit honours on the opening day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Track World Championships in Mexico, with the Kiwi duo of Emma Foy and Laura Fairweather breaking a world record in the process.
March 18 - Three-time Paralympic silver medallist Jon-Allan Butterworth has added another honour to his growing list of accolades following the news he will be presented with "The Sport Endeavour Award" at the fourth annual Soldering on Awards.
Ireland's Catherine Walsh has called it a day and announced her retirement from international cycling competition after a career which saw her claim three Paralympic medals and a world title.
Reigning C2 individual pursuit world champion Colin Lynch heads the Irish squad heading to the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Track World Championships in Mexico in April.
February 14 - Alex Zanardi, the Italian former Formula 1 driver and two-time Paralympic handcycling champion, will make a return to motor racing this year on the same Brands Hatch track where he won his two gold medals at London 2012.
Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Kieran Modra will lead the 15-strong team named by Cycling Australia for the upcoming International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling World Track Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
January 7 - The United States has revealed that six world champions will form part of its ten-strong national Paralympic cycling squad for 2014 as it seeks to extend its reign as the world's strongest country in the discipline.
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.
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