International Paralympic Committee

Drawing A Long Bow?

No doubt most of us can remember being told as a child not do something. Don’t open that box, don’t look in that cupboard. As soon as we were told not to do something it made many of us more

Podcast #83 – Shaun Norris discusses the Classification changes in Wheelchair Basketball, while under discussion are the Integrity of competitions during lockdown, and the wicket-taking of Jimmy Anderson.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

The International Paralympic Committee has put a great deal of pressure on the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation to change its classification rules, but now the changes are in place those playing the game are far from happy. Many feel that

Podcast #56 – The IPC End Brant Garvey’s and others Paralympic Dreams, Athlete Behaviour and Trying to Find the Positives in Usain Bolt’s Trial

Not the Footy Show Podcast

There is nothing worse than having a fixture postponed, when you have been keyed up to play for weeks. So imagine what it must be like to have an event that you have been training for at the Paralympics withdrawn

Far Reaching Investment Needed when Poaching African Athletes

Ask any athlete who competes at the Olympic or Paralympic Games whether they dream of a medal, and nearly all will admit they do, even though some know that the reality of that dream coming true is extremely unlikely. For

Should Paralympics Go It Alone?

After all the hype of the Olympic Games next up is the Paralympic Games, where every day there are stories of people overcoming adversity to be crowned a paralympic Champion. Some their story of even competing at the Games will