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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...

US sprinter Richard Browne returns to action for World Para Athletics’ Beijing Grand Prix in China this weekend (11-13 May), almost a year after injury forced a premature end to his season and his dreams of World Championship gold. “I’m still looking to push the...

The ranges are set for day one of competition at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, which gets underway on Friday (4 May) in Cheongju, South Korea. Eight days of sporting action will feature 223 athletes across 46 countries, going for medals in 13...