para-sport news

Birmingham will take a detailed look at its facilities and infrastructure after launching an investigation into the feasibility of the city hosting the 2026 Commonwealth ... More

A cumulative audience of four billion is expected to watch the Paralympic Games for the first time – with a record 154 countries offering coverage ... More

A British Gymnastics programme to make the sport more open to disabled participants has attracted 1,500 people to become members. The governing body’s I’m In ... More

Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Winckless has been appointed as Team England’s chef de mission for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Former rower Winckless – who won ... More

Sports facilities in Scotland are the “best they have ever been,” according to sportscotland chair Louise Martin, after visiting the site of the £12m (US$17.3m, ... More

The 2017 edition of the Invictus Games – the international para-sport event for wounded service people – will be held in Toronto, Canada. Revealed by ... More

Around 300 athletes will contest 38 medal events at Gold Coast 2018, which is being described as the largest para-sport event in the history of ... More

The 21 events funded by National Lottery income through UK Sport in 2015 contributed £21m (US$30m, €27.6m) to the nation’s economy. #EveryRoadtoRio – the series ... More

The £12m sportscotland National Centre Inverclyde – billed as the UK’s first “fully-inclusive” residential sports training facility – has been granted planning permission by the ... More

Scotland’s first dedicated para-sports facility is to be built at the Sportscotland National Sports Centre Inverclyde in Largs, Ayrshire. The £9m development, the first of ... More

Nearly 70 per cent of Britons feel attitudes towards disabled people have improved since the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The figure comes from the Department ... More