Para sport & Paralympic News
- Kenya’s Lawrence Karanja garners wheelchair tennis COY honor 04.05.2015 ITF recognises Karanja for his support and development of the sport in Africa.
- WoMentoring mentor and mentee make great progress 12.09.2014 Anne Walufa Strike, a Kenyan-born wheelchair racer, mentors Georgian National Paralympic Committee vice president Tinatin Revazishvili through the Agitos Foundation’s WoMentoring programme.
- Nigeria win all four powerlifting golds at Glasgow 2014 04.08.2014 Two world champions add Commonwealth gold to their collections as India, Malaysia, Kenya and England also make the podium.
- Kenyans awarded for top 2012 performances 10.12.2012 Kenya’s NPC was named the nation’s best sports organisation of the year.
- African NPCs try to maintain momentum 04.12.2012 The IPC led a workshop in South Africa with 10 National Paralympic Committees to try to help them maintain the momentum they gained from London 2012.
- British Embassy in Berlin Learn More About London 2012 25.05.2012 To coincide with 100 days to go celebrations for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the German Bundestag Sports Committee held a public hearing at the British Embassy in Berlin to learn more about the...
- Youth Workshop Opens in Kigali, Rwanda 13.02.2012 A Youth Workshop in Rwanda this week aims to develop the Paralympic Movement in East Africa.
- Great Britain & Northern Ireland Enjoy Successful First Morning 23.01.2011 In a hugely successful morning, Shelly Woods (coach: Pete Wyman) won the first of three medals for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the IPC Athletics World Championships in...
- Kenya Claims First Medal at 2011 IPC Athletics World Champs 22.01.2011 The first session on day one of the IPC Athletics World Championships saw Kenya pick up the first gold medal, five World records set and 14 Championship records smashed.Kenya’s Abraham Tarbei took...
- Paralympian Wanyoike to Run in Bonn Marathon 22.04.2010 Multiple Paralympic medal-winning athlete Henry Wanyoike from Kenya will be participating this weekend in the 10th RheinEnergie Marathon in Bonn, Germany, in the half-marathon event.Wanyoike also...
- Paralympian Named UN Person of the Year in Kenya 18.11.2009 Henry Kiprono Kirwa to receive the “UN in Kenya Person of the Year” award