The Latest Breaking News from Para

One year out from the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, Paris has announced it will reopen the River Seine for swimming competition and then allow public swimming, ending a century-long ban. This ban was in place to stop people immersing themselves in river waters polluted by stormwater, sewage and…

People are slamming the account for what they see as mocking Para athletes. But those behind it, and some featured on it, say it's an important tool for increasing visibility and understanding.

Paralympic legend Dame Sophie Pascoe reveals her struggle with depression, her identity crisis and how her new outlook has changed her life for the better, in a candid and emotional interview with Angela Walker. 

A former captain of the Australian Paralympic swimming team says an athlete like her probably wouldn't make the squad today, because swimmers with milder impairments are getting opportunities ahead of those with severe disabilities.

As the Paralympics has grown more popular, it has strayed from its fundamental purpose. Changes are needed to restore fairness for athletes with disability, dual Paralympic gold medal-winning cyclist Peter Brooks writes.

WATCH: A Paralympic gold medallist in the pool, Tupou Neiufi reveals the struggles she's had to overcome - mental, physical and cultural - in this Loading Docs documentary.

Gerrard Gosens will compete in his first Commonwealth Games in Birmingham — and says it'll also be his last.

Birmingham will host the largest integrated Para sport programme in the Commonwealth Games’ history

There'll be plenty of global superstars on show in Birmingham, including the four fastest women on the planet, iconic Paralympians, and a swimmer poised to become the greatest Commonwealth Games athlete of all time.

The largest-ever contingent of female athletes in the NZ Team are about to descend on Birmingham. Merryn Anderson looks at their chances of bringing home a record medal haul. 

Three Para-swimmers have been added to the Dolphins team to race at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games starting on July 28.