Para sport & Paralympic News
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Jaeger wants 2015 World Championships success
09.12.2014
German skipper Jens Jaeger believes Germany have what it takes to win the World Wheelchair Curling Championships in 2015, after qualifying in dramatic fashion.
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German Paralympic Sport Award winners announced
01.12.2014
Awards for Schaffelhuber, Rehm and the women’s wheelchair basketball team, plus a prize of honour for Wilfried Lemke
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IPC Athletics 2015 Grand Prix set for five continents
28.11.2014
IPC Athletics has announced the biggest year ever of events for para-athletics in the year before Rio 2016
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Top six stories from para-sport - 2-8 November
08.11.2014
Great Britain’s Paralympic silver medallist Jade Etherington has announced her retirement, and the USA’s Tatyana McFadden completes a second Marathon Grand Slam.
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Norway and Germany qualify for curling worlds
07.11.2014
Following their victory at the World Wheelchair Curling Qualification event in Lillehammer, Norway, both nations have booked their slot at the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.
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First ice sledge hockey World Series matches to kick-off
23.10.2014
Teams from Italy, Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden will take to the ice from 24-26 October in Langenhagen, Germany.
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Ottobock partner with German wheelchair basketball national teams
26.09.2014
The IPC worldwide partner will supply the national teams with top class wheelchair basketball equipment.
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Six months after Sochi: golden girl Schaffelhuber looks back at her success
17.09.2014
The five-time Paralympic champion reflects how Sochi changed her life.
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USA wins four out of 12 para-cycling world titles on Friday
30.08.2014
Whilst USA won four golds at the UCI World Championships, there were also wins for Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and Ukraine.
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First equestrian spots confirmed for Rio 2016
29.08.2014
The Netherlands’ Rixt van der Horst took a dramatic debut gold as her country; Great Britain and Germany all secure a place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Great Britain’s Pearson wins first gold in four years
28.08.2014
Lee Pearson finally broke his medal hoodoo, and there was also success Germany’s Hannelore Brenner on day three of the World Equestrian Games.
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2014 ITU Para-Triathlon World Championships Preview
28.08.2014
Great Britain, who were the best performers at the last World Championships, will be looking to replicate that this time around.
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Low breaks her own long jump world record at Grand Prix Finals
25.08.2014
Marcel Hug, Hannah Cockroft, Dan Greaves and Marlou van Rhijn all round-off their seasons with wins in Birmingham, Great Britain.
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Paralympic champion Markus Rehm targeting 8.50m in the long jump
23.08.2014
German national champion hoping to break new ground at Swansea 2014.
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Swansea 2014 - what to watch on Friday 22 August
22.08.2014
Hosts Great Britain will be hopeful of gold medals in Friday's field events.
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Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to break records
21.08.2014
A record-breaking 100 riders from 33 nations will compete at the biggest World Equestrian Games ever.
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Swansea 2014 – what to watch on Thursday 21 August
21.08.2014
Home favourite Aled Davies will aim to make his mark whilst others will be looking to win their second or third titles.
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Who will make the headlines at Swansea 2014?
19.08.2014
Here are some of the star names who could be making the news at the IPC Athletics European Championships.
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Swansea 2014 head-to-heads
18.08.2014
Six rivalries to keep an eye out for at the 2014 IPC Athletics Euros.
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World record holder Browne tips Streng for Euro glory
18.08.2014
The USA’s Richard Browne believes Germany’s young protégé Felix Streng will be a serious rival in the future.
