Disability Sport

First Glasgow 2026 medal to be in Para-powerlifting
The first medal of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games will be awarded in Para-powerlifting - the first time a Para-sport has had that accolade.
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Disability Sport
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31 July
Disability golf champion calls for Paralympic nod
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Disability Sport
Posted
23 July
'I didn't feel valuable' - life in the slipstream for Nic Hamilton
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Motorsport
Posted
23 July
Five stories from Britain's best sporting underdogs
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Leicester
Posted
23 July
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Boccia European gold win 'huge' for Kidson
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Disability Sport
Posted
21 July
More wheelchair events at ATP & WTA tournaments in 2026
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Disability Sport
Posted
18 July
Paralympian Taggart announces retirement from boccia
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Disability Sport
Posted
16 July

More disability sport news

GB's Hewett feels the love despite second wheelchair final loss
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Disability Sport
Posted
13 July
GB's Hewett beaten by 19-year-old Oda in wheelchair final. Video, 00:05:28
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Disability Sport
Posted
13 July
GB's Hewett & Reid lose Wimbledon wheelchair final
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Disability Sport
Posted
12 July
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Pritchard selects his dream Welsh mixed eight. Video, 00:03:31
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Olympic Games
Posted
11 July
World record 'pretty surreal' for Pritchard
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Disability Sport
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9 July

How ex-Tiger Gough 'learned to live again' on water
How former Leicester Tigers rugby player Taylor Gough "learned to live again" as a para-canoeist after a car crash left him paralysed.
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Disability Sport
Posted
8 July
Paralympic rower thought she would never be loved
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Hereford & Worcester
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3 July
Equestrian body lifts Sir Lee Pearson's suspension
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Disability Sport
Posted
30 June
GB top Para-canoe medal table at Euro Championships
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Disability Sport
Posted
22 June
Fachie announces Para-cycling retirement
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Disability Sport
Posted
24 June
Coyd adds Domingos to England wheelchair RL performance squad
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Disability Sport
Posted
20 June
GB's Urand claims European Para-triathlon title
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Disability Sport
Posted
14 June

'I was losing my sight' - Breakwell on comeback from illness
Wheelchair tennis player Abbie Breakwell says her Wimbledon ambitions have been put on hold because of an illness which affected her eyesight.
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Disability Sport
Posted
17 June
'Think you can do better?' The player who turned referee
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Disability Sport
Posted
22 May
Wheelchair warrior Evans finds new place in rugby
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Disability Sport
Posted
23 May
Special Olympics: The World in Turin. Video, 00:25:55
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Disability Sport
Posted
31 March
A small, great revolution: Samuele and Michal take to the slopes. Video, 00:03:33
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Disability Sport
Posted
28 March
Why do Team GB and ParalympicsGB run separately?
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Olympic Games
Posted
22 November 2024
Who are the Commonwealth Games winners and losers?
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22 October 2024
The best pictures from the 2024 Paralympics
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Disability Sport
Posted
9 September 2024
What will be the legacy of an 'amazing' Paralympics?
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Disability Sport
Posted
8 September 2024

Paris: Grassroots to Glory

'Completed it, mate' - Truesdale. Audio, 3 minutes
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BBC Local Radio
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Medallist Twomey is 'fantastic role model' Audio, 3 minutes
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BBC Local Radio
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'Unbelievable' silver for 13-year-old Winnifrith. Audio, 4 minutes
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BBC Local Radio
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Games of Thrones star Coombs wins silver. Audio, 3 minutes
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BBC Local Radio
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Paralympic athlete profiles

Husnah Kukundakwe: I hope others will feel courage to join in. Video, 00:02:53
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Disability Sport
Posted
21 August 2024
Elena Semechin: 'I didn't know if I could be repaired' Video, 00:02:47
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Disability Sport
Posted
12 August 2024
Bly Twomey: 'Table tennis makes all my worries go away' Video, 00:02:39
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Disability Sport
Posted
13 August 2024
Phelipe Rodrigues: 'It will be hard to do my last splash' Video, 00:02:47
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Disability Sport
Posted
13 August 2024
Bo Kramer: 'There isn't just one road that leads to success' Video, 00:02:34
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Disability Sport
Posted
13 August 2024

Super Movers for Every Body

'I don't let anyone tell me I can't do something' - Kadeena Cox
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BBC Teach
Posted
22 August 2024
David Smith on why more people should be playing boccia
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BBC Teach
Posted
27 August 2024
Meet Iona Winnifrith - ParalympicsGB's youngest swimmer
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BBC Teach
Posted
21 August 2024
How to get into Paralympic sports
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BBC Teach
Posted
12 August 2024
About Super Movers for Every Body
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BBC Teach
Posted
2 April 2024

Watch and listen

The Special Olympian chasing records at London Marathon. Video, 00:03:02
Angus Leckonby is attempting to become the youngest and fastest man with an intellectual disability to complete a marathon.
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Disability Sport
Posted
26 April
'Don't tell disabled people they can't do sport' - Sugar. Video, 00:02:47
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Disability Sport
Posted
1 July 2024
'I was ashamed of my disability before London 2012' Video, 00:00:44
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Disability Sport
Posted
27 June 2024
Catalans beat Wigan in Wheelchair Challenge Cup final. Video, 00:05:25
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Disability Sport
Posted
1 June 2024
Carriage driving gives 'new sense of freedom' after car crash. Video, 00:01:58
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Disability Sport
Posted
18 April 2024
The former Mr England hoping to make Paralympics. Video, 00:01:45
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Disability Sport
Posted
29 March 2024
Special Olympics: Five Days in Folgaria. Video, 00:25:55
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Disability Sport
Posted
19 February 2024

How to get into disability sport
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Disability Sport
Posted
31 August 2016
Access All: Disability News and Mental Health
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BBC Sounds
Paralympic classifications explained. 5 Live In Short. Audio, 00:01:36
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Posted
7 September 2016

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