International Swimming In Glasgow
Over 650 swimmers from 50 countries will converge this summer on Glasgow’s Tollcross International Swimming Centre for the IPC Swimming World Champions…
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Project Enduro Team Face World Record Endurance Test
The team behind Project Enduro, the designers and manufacturers of prototype specialist four-wheeled downhill mountain bikes, are about to face one of …
Interview: Paralympian Ollie Hynd
Parasports fans will again flock to the Queen Elizabeth Park to see a selection of the world’s best athletes compete in the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Gam…
Interview: Paralympian David Weir
Parasports fans will again flock to the Queen Elizabeth Park to see a selection of the world’s best athletes compete in the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Gam…
Véronique Boucher Rows to Success
Véronique Boucher is a 19-year-old Canadian, who has an ambition to make the Para-Rowing team for the 2016 Paralympics. Active Hands asked her some que…
Paracanoe Teams Announced For Competitions Ahead of Rio 2016
Following a hard winter’s training, the ‘road to Rio’ finally gets underway for paracanoe athletes this week. The British team selected for the Senior …
WDSA Announce the 1st Wheelchair Dance Showcase in the UK
WDSA (UK) are excited to announce the 1st Wheelchair Dance Showcase for the UK. This packed evening will feature many performances, including Richar…
Laurie Squirrell on her support of the Wings for Life Foundation
Laurie Squirrell was regarded as the most promising female motocross rider in Britain. However in 2004 she experienced a spinal cord injury while compe…
Special Olympics GB golfers take on the Masters in Macau
Jordan Spieth – a friend of Special Olympics and whose sister Ellie was born with an intellectual disability 14 years ago - may have just spectacularly…
Special Olympics GB World Games Athlete Focus: Ruairidh Brown
“The rider that wins the bike race is the one that tries a bit harder for a bit longer.” Good advice for sporting endeavour but also applicable as enco…
Paralympic Champion Hannah Cockcroft To Open Naidex 2015
Hannah Cockroft is opening Naidex on day one, 28 April, at 11am in the Multidisciplinary Theatre. Cockroft will give a short talk about her experie…
Special Olympics GB receives historic £2m funding boost
Special Olympics Great Britain, the charity which helps children and adults with intellectual (learning) disabilities take part in year-round sports co…
Millie Knight & Guide Jen Kehoe Win World Championship Bronze
Visually-impaired teenage paralympian Millie Knight and her guide Jen Kehoe took bronze in the slalom at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in…
Premier League clubs under fire for ‘lip service’ to disabled fans
Premier League football clubs could face legal action to force improvements in their “shocking” facilities for disabled supporters. Just two clubs, Swa…
England Learning Disability Cricket squad ready for Australia tour
England Learning Disability Coach Derek Morgan believes the upcoming tour of Australia will prove to be a valuable experience for a "really motivated" …
Fantastic turn out for ParalympicsGB Sports Fest North East
Durham University hosted ParalympicsGB Sports Fest yesterday, attracting more than 550 people of all ages from across the North East, who came along to…
Athletics and Swimming Feature on National Paralympic Day 2015 Programme
Fans of Paralympic sport are set to have the chance to see world-class sporting competition in both Swimming and Athletics on National Paralympic Day t…
Oliveira: Oscar Pistorius Should Race Again
Brazilian Paralympic champion Alan Oliveira says he wants to see arch rival Oscar Pistorius return to racing when he is released from prison. The pair…
Channel 4 Investing In Talent Initiatives
Two new major talent initiatives are being supported by an investment of £500,000 in order to ensure that 10% of the production team working on the cov…
Visually impaired tennis at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Visually impaired tennis training camps begin at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on Saturday 31 January, providing specialist tennis coaching on th…
Special Olympics Volunteer Wins Prestigious Award
Sue Frett of Special Olympics Surrey has won the Community Award at the 2014 Sportswomen of the Year Awards. Sue said: “It is a great privilege to h…
Unconquered – The Invictus Games
The inaugural Invictus Games held in London this summer were a tremendous success and showed how sport can be harnessed very effectively, as part of th…
Special Olympics GB: European Summer Games Roundup
Special Olympics GB achieved a great many things at this year’s Summer Games held in Antwerp, not least of which, the 103 medals they returned with. …
Jade Etherington to Retire from Competitive Ski Racing
Paralympian Jade Etherington comments on the decision to retire from competitive ski racing with her guide Caroline Powell: After many discussions…
Special Olympics GB’s Sue Frett Shortlisted For Major Award
The Shortlist of finalists for the 2014 Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year Awards has been confirmed. Sue Frett of Special Olympics Su…