French Open victory for Brits
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid joined fellow Brit Andy Lapthorne in adding to their respective hauls of French Open wheelchair titles on Saturday as Hewett and Reid beat Spain’s Martin de la...
Watch the 2023 FA Disability Cup live on BT Sport
For the third year running the 2023 FA Disability Cup in partnership with EE will return to BT Sport with six cup finals scheduled across the weekend, delivered by The FA in partnership with a range of impairment-specific organisations. The cup is the largest...
Signing Up for BT Sport
BT Sport and EE’s new Sign Up initiative sees two BSL commentators selected to present live football punditry across a range of games this year Damaris Cooke and Rolf Choutan have been...
Alfie Hewett wins first Australian Open
British wheelchair tennis star Alfie Hewett won the Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday 28 January - the first time he has won the men's wheelchair singles title at this event. This...
Hewett and Reid to meet in Australian Open for first time
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid will meet in the Australian Open for the first time on Wednesday (25 Jan) when the British No.1 and British No.2 men’s wheelchair players go head-to-head for a...
Team BRIT wins national championship
Team BRIT, the world’s only competitive all-disabled racing team, has been announced as the winner of the Britcar Trophy Championship, making it the first ever all-disabled team to win a...
US Open titles for Hewett and Juniors
Alfie Hewett became a three-time US Open men’s wheelchair singles champion on Sunday in New York after beating world No.1 Shingo Kunieda of Japan 7-6(2), 6-1. Hewett, who also won the US...
Andy Lapthorne claims first British Open quad singles title
Wheelchair tennis number four Andy Lapthorne has claimed his first quad singles title after beating Australian third seed Heath Davidson at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships...
Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup showcase fixtures and nations confirmed
The Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has today confirmed the nations that will be competing in the first Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) World Cup showcase that will take...
Wheelchair tennis takes centre stage
Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne both left Wimbledon with runners-up trophies on Sunday as a ground-breaking four days of wheelchair tennis at The Championships came to an end with the sport making history once again. World No.2 Hewett’s bid to emulate his doubles...
Brits reach Wimbledon finals
Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne have all booked their places in the wheelchair tennis finals at Wimbledon Alfie Hewett produced a comeback befitting of the first men’s...
On Your Bike
British bicycle manufacturer Islabikes have created a brand-new cycle designed specifically for people living with dwarfism By Katie Campbell Summer and cycling go together hand in hand. On...
2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games: A Historic Winter Games for ParalympicsGB
The 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games were one to remember: ParalympicsGB made history, earning their first-ever gold medal on snow in a men's event in 46 years, the very first medal in...
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games will be taking place on 4-13 March, so it’s time to get familiar with all the official sports that will take place on the beautiful snow-covered mountains of...
Sarah Storey inspires budding cyclists
Manchester’s Dame Sarah Storey moved level with Darren Kenny on 10 medals as the joint most decorated GB Cyclist in Paralympic history, following an astounding performance to win GB’s first...
Get ready for the Paralympic Games
Delayed, postponed, and otherwise uncertain, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are finally set to begin on 24 August before drawing to a close on 5 September. What can we expect from the...
Ottobock: A Passion for Paralympics
Ottobock has been proactively supporting Paralympic sports for over three decades. The company is a loyal partner to the International Paralympic Committee and its passion for the...
First-ever Paralympic video game launched
The first-ever Paralympic video game, Pegasus Dream Tour, has been launched on the App Store and Play Store today in advance of the Tokyo Games in late August. Pegasus Dream Tour was...
Paralympic Games promo video released
Channel 4 have done it again. Set the difficult task of creating a promotional video worthy of the Paralympic athletes attending this year’s postponed Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the team at...
Paralympic swimmer Andrew Mullen prepares for Tokyo 2020
Andrew Mullen, the Scottish Paralympic swimmer, says his preparations for the Tokyo Paralympics will be watertight – in and out of the pool. Andrew heads to Japan next month after securing...
The Road to Tokyo 2020
With Japan entering its fourth wave during the global crisis, what can we expect from the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games? By Katie Campbell (article originally featured in the...
Sophie Carrigill brand ambassador for Wessex lifts
Wessex Lifts, providers of through-floor home lifts and platform lifts, have welcomed wheelchair basketball player, Sophie Carrigill, as their new brand ambassador. They caught up with...
DMO help with showjumping dreams
A made-to-measure orthotic suit created by DM Orthorics (DMO) is enabling a talented young woman to follow her dream of competing as a showjumper. Ashleigh Harley was 12 years old when she...
QAC introduce elite wheelchair basketball programme
Queen Alexandra College (QAC) are working in collaboration with University of Worcester and The Albion Foundation to deliver a unique and ground breaking elite wheelchair basketball sport...
World CP Day
Today (6 Oct) is World CP Day and this year the organisers have teamed up with Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) to highlight the benefits of physical...
Hannah Cockroft on high heels and high Paralympic hopes
Kintsugi Clothing, an inclusive fashion brand, interviewed Hannah Cockroft as part of their #Unbroken campaign. Hannah opens up about high heels, Paralympic success and frustration over...
New dates announced for Tokyo 2020
It may be a little confusing but the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will now take place in 2021 but are still being referred to as Tokyo 2020! The new dates have been announced and the...
Non-Executive Director Network
Sport England and UK Sport are keen to engage a new cohort of potential non-executive directors with the ambition, commitment and transferable skills to contribute to the sport industry by joining the Board of one of our funded partners. We believe that the...
Get Active with British Blind Sport
British Blind Sport (BBS) have announced that they are hosting a “Live Workout Week”; a week of accessible, audio-described workouts delivered directly into the homes of the nation via...
Paralympics postponed until 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today announced that the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which were set to be held in Tokyo later this year, will be postponed until next year due to the...
Georgina Hermitage announces retirement
Paralympic powerhouse Georgina Hermitage announced her retirement from para-athletics today, citing persistent injury her reason for having to give up the sport. Georgina bows out from...
BT to open football up to all
The BT Group has united with the Home Nations and unveiled its 4-3-3 football partnership strategy, which will use technology, innovation and digital skills in footballing communities...
O’Brien is first Deaf person to row an ocean
Mo O'Brien, a 60-year-old pharmacy worker, has become the first Deaf person to row an ocean after completing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic ocean. Mo, alongside her daughter, Bird...
Sense and ukactive project announced
National disability charity, Sense, and the ukactive Research Institute have confirmed a three-year research project which seeks to better understand the challenges families and parents of...
Five reasons to get behind Libby Clegg
In the last few weeks, we've seen Dancing on Ice return to our TV screens, which sees a group of celebrities learn to skate, and to perform intricate routines on the ice with their...
Thomas puts his stamp on CP Sport
Rickshaw Challenge participant Thomas Stamp, has been invited to become a Young Sporting Ambassador for the charity Cerebral Palsy Sport. Thomas is a T35 athlete, running 100m, 200m and...
Roy Hodgson surprises Down’s syndrome Eagles team
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson took charge of a different type of training recently, leading Palace for Life Foundation’s Down’s Syndrome Eagles at their weekly session, helping players...
Golden Girls
Maria Lyle is the third British female athlete to nail the 'double' at the World Para Athletics in Dubai as she raced over the finish line in the T35 200m with a time of 30.33 seconds. The...
Gold medals and a world record
Yesterday Sophie Hahn stormed to glory taking her second gold medal and smashing her world record again, this time in the T38 200m. While Hannah Cockroft has this morning scooped the gold...
Sophie Hahn dominates in Dubai
22-year-old Sophie Hahn has done it again, and this time she smashed her own world record too. The incredible athlete took gold in the T38 100m final in a record-breaking time of 12.38...
Hannah Cockroft smashes world record
Sunday morning at the World Para Athletic Championships in Dubai saw Hannah Cockroft take to the track to fight for gold once again in the T34 100m. She stormed to an incredible win,...
New wheelchair basketball team formed
A new wheelchair basketball team called the Windsor Monarchs has launched successfully in Berkshire’s royal town. Backed by local businesses, volunteers and with the support of the area’s...
Jonnie Peacock and Sainsbury’s gear up for Paralympics
Double Paralympic Champion and Strictly Come Dancing alumni, Jonnie Peacock sprinted into a Sainsbury’s store in Loughborough on Thursday to celebrate the supermarket’s partnership with ParalympicsGB and to warm-up Sainsbury’s customers and colleagues ahead of the...
Five Things We’re Looking Forward to at Tokyo Paralympics 2020
The Paralympic season is gearing up and we’re raring to get back into the spirit of the games, which are due to take place in late August of next year in the Japanese capital. After the fun...
Team BRIT and DMUK empower disabled drivers
Team BRIT, the fiercest team in motorsport, has announced a partnership with Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK). Team BRIT, which consists of disabled drivers, is aiming to be the first ever...
Ready, let’s go! Team England ParaCheer prepare for World Championships
The International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships are set to take place in Florida from 24 - 26 April. 75 nations comprising around 3,000 athletes will descend on...
London to host World Para-swimming Championships in September
London has been announced as the rearranged host city for September's World Para-swimming Championships, after Malaysia were stripped of the event. A key date in the Paralympic calendar...
Ex-Final Fantasy director announces first ever Paralympic video game
With just over 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, the IPC have announced their first ever video game, The Pegasus Dream Tour, created by brand new studio JP GAMES, set to be...
Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker celebrate double title success at Busan Open
Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker celebrated double title success after sweeping the board in the women’s singles and doubles at the ITF 2 Busan Open over the weekend. The pair won the...
Jonnie Peacock backs new online sports hub
Today sees the launch of Parasport powered by Toyota, an online hub to empower disabled people to become more active. Jonnie Peacock, the double Paralympic champion, has teamed up with...
