Paralympic Games

The chief executive of Paralympics Australia — who has been on personal leave since last month — resigns from the post in the run-up to the Paris games. 

Three years after falling down the medal tally at the 2021 Games in Tokyo, the Australian Paralympic team believes they are "one of the strongest" to represent the country.

Paralympic swimmer Jasmine Greenwood's life changed forever as a six-year-old after acquiring a brain injury.

A childhood brain injury left Jasmine Greenwood with left-side weakness and a tremor in her left hand and leg, now at 19 she's made the Australian Paralympic Swimming Team for a second time ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.

Australia's Paul Bannister has worked closely with the PNG Paralympic Committee to ensure Paris 2024 is a breakthrough Games for the country.

A defiant Mollie O'Callaghan and an overjoyed Shayna Jack book their spots in a dramatic 100m freestyle final at the Australian Swimming Trials.

Alexa Leary and her parents broke hearts at the Australian Swimming Trials in Brisbane as she took another step closer to swimming at the Paris Paralympic Games. 

A report highlighting the "missed opportunities" for people with disabilities at global sporting events hopes to create a "road map" for Brisbane's 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Alexander McKillop is on track to become a Paralympian, but says he wouldn't be where he is today without his coach Rosemary Coleman.

Janelle Colquhoun fell into a pit of despair when her sight began to deteriorate at age 28 because of her type 1 diabetes, but archery has given her new targets to aim for.

Australia's men's blind football and women's goalball teams will not compete at the Paris Paralympics this year, but they are determined to be there in Brisbane 2032.

The official uniform for the Australian Paralympic team is unveiled at Australian Fashion Week, featuring accessibility modifications created in collaboration with the team.

Curtis McGrath earns the victory in the KL2 200 at the Paracanoe World Championships in  Hungary.

Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy went to the Beijing Paralympics as a wheelchair basketballer, now she's closing in on a ticket to her second Games, as a kayaker. 

It's been over 50 years since a female parafencer has represented Australia at the Paralympics —  Stephenie Rodriguez is hoping to change this.

Stephenie Rodriguez only started competing in para-fencing a year ago, but she's aiming to compete at the Paris Paralympics.

Para-archer Ameera Lee, who lives with multiple sclerosis, is closing in on her Paralympic debut in Paris, thanks to the support of her teenage son.

Australia's first horse-riding school for people with a disability shut its doors last year, but it's hoped the centre will be operating again within six months.

A stoush over stadiums for the Brisbane 2032 games may have damaged the Olympic brand, but former Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says it can be salvaged if construction starts soon.

Ameera Lee is eyeing for a spot at the Paris Paralympic Games after making her debut in para-archery in 2018. 

Nikki Ayers wanted to play for the Australian women's rugby union team, but when a serious knee injury, and multiple surgeries ended that career, she switched to para-rowing, and is now the world's best. 

Female athletes are more likely to use some form of hormonal contraceptives, but they don't know much about them or the menstrual cycle and it is affecting their performance and health. 

This year's London Marathon will award equal prize money to able-bodied and wheelchair athletes, the first major marathon in the world to do so in a "landmark" move for equality in sport.

Para-athletes from Vanuatu travel to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for 'very rare' classification opportunities ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. 

Former South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is released on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women.