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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has formally changed its name to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee – a change celebrating the athletes of Team USA and the Paralympic Movement in the United States. The USOPC board of directors unanimously...

Belarus’ latest Para swimming star Aliaksei Talai was only 16 years old when his life changed forever. Walking in the forest near his home one day, he accidentally stepped on an unexploded World War II bomb. It detonated underneath him, taking both of his legs, his...

Persistence and hard work are the two key reasons why Switzerland will be back competing against Europe’s leading wheelchair rugby nations this August. That is according to Swiss veteran Dave Mzee. “We are very happy to take part in this big tournament and we are...

Johannes Floors, Ntando Mahlangu, Irmgard Bensusan and Kyron Duke all underlined their World Championship credentials with new world record marks at the Bayer Invitational Meeting in Leverkusen, Germany on Friday (21 June). Floors smashed the 100m T62 world record...

Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar has had three years packed with highs and lows. On the upside, he grabbed a powerlifting bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics – earning him fans and awards back in his homeland of Mongolia. He then moved up a weight category, from up to 88kg...

Ireland has been a lucky place for England’s Krysten Coombs, who claimed his first Para badmintoninternational title since Dublin two years ago to climb up the rankings in the men’s singles short stature (SS 6) on Sunday. At the FZ Forza Irish...

A full-time job and other obligations do not leave Belgium’s Ruben Vanhollebeke much time to practise archery. Luckily for the newly crowned vision impaired world champion, his full-time job as a kitchen assistant actually keeps his archery skills sharp. The...

A young Kenyan innovator has created a set of gloves that will ultimately interpret sign language into audible speech. 25-year-old Roy Allela created the Sign-IO gloves, which are meant to enable communication between deaf persons and those who may not understand sign...