Recent Reports

A busy week is underway for Para archers, with the Para Pan American Championships and European Para Archery Championships taking place in Medellin, Colombia, and Pilsen, Czech Republic, respectively. The Para Pan Americans begin on Tuesday (14 August) with 305...

Hong Kong’s Ho Yuen Kei could break the male dominance of boccia at the 2018 World Championships, which are underway in Liverpool, Great Britain. The 24-year-old is the highest ranked female across all four classes, and do not count the world’s No. 4 BC3 player out of...

Some great performances could be seen at the 2018 World Para Powerlifting African Championships, with even a world record being set. But apart from the competition, this event was an opportunity for many technical officials and coaches to learn more about the sport. A...

Naomi Maike Schnittger’s past and future share the same tattoo on her body. Three words written on her left arm mean two things; the place the German swimmer comes from and where she wants to be on the top of the podium in two years’ time. Made in Japan. “I have it...

After Paralympic heartbreak, Germany’s Marina Mohnen stopped playing wheelchair basketball. But with the 2018 World Championships coming on home soil, Mohnen was convinced to give the sport another go. “I took a break last year for the European Championships because...

Just three months ago, Peter Genyn looked unstoppable. The Belgian wheelchair racer broke the 100m T51 world record not once, but three times in the space of one month. At the Nottwil Grand Prix in May Genyn became the first in his class to go under 20 seconds,...

  Shaun Norris has played the game for so long that he needed a new challenge, and Australian head coach Craig Friday gave him just that ahead of the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships that tip off Thursday (16 August) in Hamburg, Germany. Friday did...

In Colombia's capital, two football teams split the city's allegiance. But with a little bit of teamwork, two opposing fans show how friendship and respect can win out. Jose Richard and Cesar Daza should be arch rivals. They passionately support Bogota's two opposing...