Para sport & Paralympic News
- Oscar Pistorius to run BT Paralympic World Cup 24.03.2011 Fresh off the back of running 45.61 seconds across 400m, a time which is inside the ‘B’ qualification standard for the Olympic Games, Oscar Pistorius has today confirmed his attendance at the BT...
- USTA Announces Players and Coaches for 2011 World Team Cup 17.03.2011 The USTA has announced the players and coaches who will represent the United States at the 2011 World Team Cup. The nation’s top wheelchair tennis players will compete against participants from...
- Pistorius brings South Africa home in epic relay at IPC Athletics 31.01.2011 South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius needed every metre of the Queen Elizabeth II athletic track to run down American Jerome Singleton and deliver his country the cherished F42-46 4x100m title at the IPC...
- Singleton Takes 100m Gold in 100m Epic with Pistorius 26.01.2011 American sprinter Jerome Singleton has defeated his South African rival Oscar Pistorius in a stunning photo finish to secure gold in the much anticipated Men’s 100m T44 at the IPC Athletics World...
- Singleton throws down challenge to Pistorius at IPC Athletics 25.01.2011
- Pistorius Lights Up Christchurch With 200m Gold 24.01.2011 ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius claimed his first gold in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships with an emphatic performance in the Men’s 200m T44.The South African World record holder...
- Pistorius Lights Up Christchurch With 200m Gold as Records Tumble 24.01.2011 Day three of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand saw Oscar Pistorius take 200m T44 gold whilst 10 World and 20 Championship records fell.The South African World...
- Singleton: “You thought Beijing was big, but wait until you see Christchurch!” 23.01.2011 US sprinter Jerome Singleton has continued to talk up his 100m clash with Oscar Pistorius at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships claiming it could be bigger and better than the two’s famous...
- 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...
- US Sprinter Singleton Aims to Find Perfect Formula to Beat Pistorius 18.01.2011
- Pressure High For Athletes in Christchurch Claims Tanni Grey-Thompson 07.01.2011 Paralympic Great and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Paralympian Ambassador Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson claims that stakes will be high for athletes competing at the 2011 IPC World...
- Pistorius Named to South Africa’s Squad for IPC Athletics World Championships 03.11.2010 Team South Africa has named a 35 strong team for next January’s IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand.The squad, which is more than twice as big as the one they took to the Beijing 2008...
- Record Holders Set for IPC Swimming World Championships 10.08.2010 Many athletes who hold World records are preparing themselves for another high-energy competition at the upcoming 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in...
- Natalie Du Toit Wins Laureus 2010 Award 11.03.2010 South African Swimmer Natalie Du Toit was recently named 2010 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. The names of the winners were announced at a televised Awards Ceremony staged...
- Swimming Closes Paralympic World Cup 26.05.2009