Disability Sport

Curler's Paralympic dream alive after 'eye-opening' cancer
After a torrid 18 months, wheelchair curler Jo Butterfield is ready to get her Paralympic dreams back on track.
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Disability Sport
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3 days ago
Paralympics president opposed to transgender 'blanket solutions'
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Disability Sport
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4 days ago
Barnes-Miller earns Para-snowboard World Cup podium spot
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Disability Sport
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5 days ago
'I believe in my guide runner more than myself', says blind Indian athlete
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Asia
Posted
16 February
'Judo saved me' - Paralympic gold medallist Skelley retires
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Disability Sport
Posted
11 February
GB's Mapp retains Para-bobsleigh World Cup title
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Disability Sport
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1 February
Hewett beats Oda to win 10th Grand Slam singles title
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Disability Sport
Posted
25 January

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Hewett and Reid win sixth straight Melbourne title
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Disability Sport
Posted
24 January
Hewett into wheelchair singles and doubles finals
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Disability Sport
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23 January
GB's Mapp opens big lead in Para-bobsleigh World Cup
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Disability Sport
Posted
19 January
Debrunner and Hug set for London Marathon returns
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Athletics
Posted
13 January
UK Athletics charged with manslaughter over death of Paralympian
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Disability Sport
Posted
8 January

Quad series 'really exciting' for England
England Physically Disabled team player Anthony Clapham says he can not wait for the quad series against India, Pakistan and hosts Sri Lanka.
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Disability Sport
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6 January
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Cockroft among Paralympians to get New Year Honour
Posted
30 December 2024
Delhi to host 2025 World Para Athletics Championships
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Disability Sport
Posted
19 December 2024
UK Sport invests record £330m for 2028 LA Games
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Olympic Games
Posted
16 December 2024
GB Paralympian Arnott dies aged 25
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Disability Sport
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13 December 2024
Para-surfing champion to show sport is 'attainable'
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Disability Sport
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20 December 2024
Storey 'gutted' to be out of Dancing on Ice
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News
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6 December 2024

Why do Team GB and ParalympicsGB run separately?
A positive year for ParalympicsGB, in which they won 124 medals at Paris 2024, ended on a sour note. Should it and Team GB operate as one unit?
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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
'Running was brutal, now I'm in the Ironman'
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Disability Sport
Posted
21 October 2024
How do we keep the Para-sport movement going?
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BBC Teach
Posted
20 September 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
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8 September 2024
Seven of the best stories from a brilliant 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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Medallist Twomey is 'fantastic role model' Audio, 3 minutes
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'Unbelievable' silver for 13-year-old Winnifrith. Audio, 4 minutes
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Games of Thrones star Coombs wins silver. Audio, 3 minutes
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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
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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

'Don't tell disabled people they can't do sport' - Sugar. Video, 00:02:47
In her new BBC Wales show, Olivia Breen meetsTokyo para-canoe gold medallist Laura Sugar as both athletes are selected for the Paris Paralympics.
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Disability Sport
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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
Sporting Witness. Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion. Audio, 10 minutes
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BBC World Service
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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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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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