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Competitions for 2018/2019 season revealed World Para Snowboard has announced the official competition calendar for the 2018/2019 season. There will be six World Cups – two more than last season – as well as the 2019 World Championships. The season-opener will also be...

Fiona Allan named in Queen’s Birthday Honours Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) Chief Executive and leader of the Paralympic Movement in New Zealand, Fiona Allan, has been named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in recognition for services to Paralympic...

Third Games as Chef de Mission for ParalympicsGB The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced the appointment of Penny Briscoe OBE as Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020. Briscoe carried out the role when ParalympicsGB achieved an historic 147 medals including 64...

South Africa’s double Paralympic champion Charl du Toit competes in the T37 class and followed up victory in Rio in 2016 with two more golds and a silver at the London 2017 World Championships. Here he reveals his journey in to Para athletics. “I come from an...

Sixth year of funding for Para sports development projects worldwide The Agitos Foundation launched the sixth edition of its Grant Support Programme (GSP) on Friday (1 June) making EUR 650,000 available for Para sport development projects. Grants of up to EUR 40,000...

  Eleven-year-old Nyamet Steven who was born with cerebral palsy walks with a walker at Mahad camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Juba on April 17, 2018. (Xinhua/AFP)   UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on...

The British Paralympic Association has adopted a new Members’ Handbook which will support the continued success and growth of the Paralympic Movement in the United Kingdom. The Handbook will, for the first time, set out the rights and responsibilities of BPA members...