Summer Paralympic Sports News
Brazil beat fellow football heavyweights Argentina in International Challenge Cup
By David Gold
May 17 - Brazil's five-a-side football team has emerged triumphant in the International Challenge Cup against Argentina in São Paulo. Add new comment
BPA names strong wheelchair rugby squad hoping for glory at London 2012
By David Gold
May 17 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced the London 2012 wheelchair rugby squad that it hopes will reach the podium on home soil this summer, having finished fourth at the last two Paralympic Games.Swimmer convicted of homocide is IPC's top athlete for April
By David Gold
May 16 - Israeli swimmer Itzhak Mamistvalov has been awarded the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for April as he tries to rebuild his reputation following a car accident in which he killed two people.Exclusive: Pistorius' blades could allow him to outrun able-bodied sprinters, fears Merritt
By Tom Degun at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas
May 15 - Reigning Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt admits that he has concerns about the prosthetic legs used by four-times Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius – and has urged the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to keep a close eye on the situation to ensure the South African doesn't enjoy an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes.Singleton unconcerned with Pistorius hype heading into London 2012 clash
By Tom Degun at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas
May 15 - United States Paralympic sprint star Jerome Singleton, the T44 100 metres world champion, has claimed that he is unconcerned with the media hype surrounding his great rival Oscar Pistorius of South Africa and said that the winner of their much anticipated clash at the London 2012 Paralympics will simply come down who has trained the hardest.More Articles...
- I believe I can beat Nigel Murray at London 2012, says Slovakia's Robert Mezik
- Australia names London 2012 wheelchair rugby squad
- US Olympic Committee honour sprinter for outstanding performances with April award
- Ireland rest biggest London 2012 hopes for European Championships
- Teenage Afghan swimmer sets his sights on London 2012 Paralympics
- Six new GB fencers join David Heaton in London 2012 squad
- Model sailboat programme created to benefit disabled students
- Brazil and Argentina to compete in pre-London 2012 football showdown
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Wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer is the most dominant person in sport but as the London 2012 Paralympics approach she admits staying at the top is bringing increasing pressure. Tom Degun reports
