The amputee basketball team in wheelchairs in South Sudan's capital Juba hopes to use sports to end the stigma of disability and offer disabled players a chance to integrate with the society and live a normal life. This special basketball team is also a story of...
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Zhang Haidi attends the First Global Disability Summit, makes a keynote speech
7 August 2018 | Newsletters, Press Releases, Recent Reports
Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, attended the first Global Disability Summit and made a keynote speech on July 24, 2018, in London, UK. She noted that since she took over as president, with the support from the Chinese government,...
Prince George 2019: Qualification criteria announced
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
Taras Rad won three silvers at this year's World Championships in Finsterau. © • Ivo Gonzalez - Pocog World Para Nordic Skiing (WPNS) has announced the qualification criteria for athletes to compete at the Prince George 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing...
William Groulx takes three golds at Road World Cup
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
Two-time Paralympic champion William Groulx gave USA several reasons to celebrate as he took individual gold in both the men’s time trial and road race H2 at the year’s second UCI Para CyclingRoad World Cup held in the Dutch municipality of Emmen between 6 and 8 July....
Reda and Karpinski on positive path toward Europeans
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
The memory of winning gold at the Polish Open is one that home favourites Joanna Reda and Pawel Karpinski will hope to repeat when they return to the same dance floor for November’s European Championships. The Polish power couple have been dancing together for 13...
Gloria Agblemagnon targets hat-trick of golds
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
Two years since she made her Paralympic debut aged only 18 at Rio 2016, France’s Gloria Agblemagnon is ready to go again. Fresh out of a gruelling training session where she is preparing for the 2018 International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments...
Camila Haase lights cauldron at Costa Rica National Games
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
One of Costa Rica’s biggest sporting events has featured a Para athlete in the Opening Ceremony for the first time. The country’s only female Paralympian, Camila Haase, lit the competition cauldron for Costa Rica’s National Sport Games, on 30 June. “This is an honour...
Paralympic champions back on piste in Warsaw
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
After a four month break from competition, Italy’s Bebe Vio is one of many Paralympic champions set to compete at the International Wheelchair Amputee and Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair FencingWorld Cup set for Thursday (5 July) in Warsaw, Poland. The season’s...
Abdulla Sultan Alaryani aiming for perfection
24 July 2018 | Recent Reports
The UAE’s double world champion Abdulla Sultan Alaryani is aiming to perfect his craft in the 50m shooting distance ahead of the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, in less than 100 days. The 37-year-old is fresh off two gold medals – R7 (men’s 50m rifle 3...
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