Para sport & Paralympic News
- Webborn elected Chair of British Paralympic Association 28.02.2017 Nick Webborn will take over Tim Reddish who is coming to the end of his two-term tenure.
- Sport-life balance keeps Davies grounded 26.02.2017 The newly crowned British table tennis Paralympic champion wants to stay No. 1 but is not pressuring himself about it.
- British table tennis team named for Lignano Master Open 25.02.2017 Twelve athletes from Great Bitain will compete in the competition between 1-4 March.
- Will Norman: why some top blind footballers are raving about the European club scene 24.02.2017 Great Britain’s two-time football 5-a-side Paralympian shares his view on how sports can bring together communities from across the world.
- Para athletics explained – commentating at major events 21.02.2017 Ahead of London 2017, the IPC’s lead athletics commentator Will Downing explains what it’s like to cover a major Championships.
- Brits to line-up for World Para Athletics Marathon Cup in London 21.02.2017 The Virgin Money London Marathon will take place on Sunday 23 April.
- Ten Para athletes looking to make up for lost time 15.02.2017 After maybe performing as well as they had hoped at Rio 2016, here are 10 athletes looking to put the record straight at July’s World Championships.
- British Para Table Tennis Performance squad announced 13.02.2017 The line-up for 2017 includes some new faces including Paralympic, world and European champions.
- Sarah Storey sets sights on Tokyo 2020 12.02.2017 Great Britain´s most decorated female Paralympian is yet not satisfied with her medal haul and aims to win more titles in four-years-time.
- ASOS renews partnership with ParalympicsGB team 12.02.2017 The partnership with the global retailer will cover PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020.
- Corporate and Sporting Events to provide support to London 2017 08.02.2017 Corporate and Sporting Events (CSE) to support London 2017 with some of the logistics involved with the summer of World Athletics.
- British swimming great Sascha Kindred retires 07.02.2017 The six-time Paralympian and seven time Paralympic champion has decided to bow out after more than two decades.
- Stretton sets world record at Fazza event 03.02.2017 The 16-year-old Paralympic champion set a new record in the women’s W1 category.
- London 2017 LTD announce national supplier deal with Heineken 02.02.2017 The World Para Athletics Championships will take place between 14-23 July 2017.
- British team named for LA Track Worlds 02.02.2017 Jody Cundy headlines the British team for March’s UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships.
- Channel 4 wins prestigious award for Paralympic coverage 02.02.2017 The UK Paralympic broadcaster picked up the Sports Broadcast Award at the Broadcast Awards.
- Young Brits to benefit from London 2017 with Starting Blocks 31.01.2017 London 2017 Ltd has unveiled Starting Blocks, the official education programme supporting the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships London 2017
- British Para cycling team for 2017 confirmed 27.01.2017 Great Britain’s most successful female Paralympian ever, Dame Sarah Storey, will be joined by Paralympic medallists Megan Giglia and Jody Cundy.
- Strathmore water to hydrate world class athletes in 2017 26.01.2017 Athletes, officials and volunteers at London 2017 will be hydrated by more than one million bottles of water being supplied by the water brand.
- British quartet ready for the Australian Open 24.01.2017 Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett in the men’s events, Lucy Shuker in women’s, and Andy Lapthorne in quad are Great Britain’s hopes at this year’s first Grand Slam, from 25-28 January.