Disability Sport

UK Athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter
UK Athletics plead guilty to the corporate manslaughter of UAE Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei who died in 2017 after a metal cage fell on him while training in London.
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Disability Sport
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1 day ago
Ukraine Paralympians to boycott opening ceremony
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Disability Sport
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1 day ago
Ukraine officials to boycott Winter Paralympics
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Disability Sport
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3 days ago
'I go up climbs where people can't go - without a hand'
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Disability Sport
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5 days ago
Six athletes to compete under Russian flag at Paralympics
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Disability Sport
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4 days ago
Defending champion Hewett beaten in semi-finals
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Disability Sport
Posted
30 January
UK Sport aiming for up to five Winter Paralympic medals
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Winter Olympics
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13 January

'An all-time great' - Weir aims to deny Hug in London
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Disability Sport
Posted
27 January
'Lifting for Scotland at Glasgow 2026 a dream come true'
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Commonwealth Games
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29 January
Bates named GB men's wheelchair basketball coach
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Disability Sport
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20 January
Badminton has 'given me everything' after transplant
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Disability Sport
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1 February
British Special Olympians gearing up for London Marathon. Video, 00:02:50
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Disability Sport
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5 January

More disability sport news and features

GB athletes need to harness AI for future success - UK Sport chief
Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic teams are going to need to harness AI and work together more closely in order to continue their success at recent Games, UK Sport chairman Nick Webborn says.
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Olympic Games
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30 December 2025
Simpson prepares for Winter Paralympics with podium finish
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Disability Sport
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13 January
GB's Fitzpatrick suffers injury before Winter Games
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Disability Sport
Posted
22 December 2025
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From Helmand to Milan - Meenagh's quest for a Winter Paralympic medal
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Winter Olympics
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19 December 2025
Butterfield eyes summer and winter Paralympic gold
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Disability Sport
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18 December 2025
Champion Simpson keeps lid on Winter Games medal hopes
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Disability Sport
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18 December 2025
First GB athletes named for Winter Paralympics
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Disability Sport
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17 December 2025

Twomey, 15, wins second European para table tennis gold
Bly Twomey wins her second gold medal at the European Para Table Tennis Championships with victory in the mixed doubles class 14.
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Disability Sport
Posted
25 November 2025
The Portugal basketballer turned England rugby player
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Disability Sport
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15 October 2025
How sprinter Levitt turned groceries to gold
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Disability Sport
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10 October 2025
The Paralympic champion brewing beer for gold goal
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Disability Sport
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25 September 2025
'They assumed I’d retire, that annoyed me' - Firth on motherhood and swimming return
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Disability Sport
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16 September 2025
How 'BMX in a wheelchair' became an online sensation
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Disability Sport
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17 September 2025
'I didn't feel valuable' - life in the slipstream for Nic Hamilton
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Motorsport
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23 July 2025

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
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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
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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 Bitesize for Teachers
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22 August 2024
David Smith on why more people should be playing boccia
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BBC Bitesize for Teachers
Posted
27 August 2024
Meet Iona Winnifrith - ParalympicsGB's youngest swimmer
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BBC Bitesize for Teachers
Posted
21 August 2024
How to get into Paralympic sports
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BBC Bitesize for Teachers
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12 August 2024
About Super Movers for Every Body
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BBC Bitesize for Teachers
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2 April 2024

Watch and listen

Motherhood gives Firth new perspective on swimming. Video, 00:01:32
Six-time Paralympic champion Bethany Firth tells BBC Sport NI that motherhood has given her a fresh perspective on swimming as she prepares to compete in the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore.
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Disability Sport
Posted
16 September 2025
How does wheelchair motocross work? Video, 00:01:30
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Disability Sport
Posted
10 September 2025
The Special Olympian chasing records at London Marathon. Video, 00:03:02
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Disability Sport
Posted
26 April 2025
'Don't tell disabled people they can't do sport' - Sugar. Video, 00:02:47
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Disability Sport
Posted
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
Carriage driving gives 'new sense of freedom' after car crash. Video, 00:01:58
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Disability Sport
Posted
18 April 2024
Special Olympics: Five Days in Folgaria. Video, 00:25:55
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Disability Sport
Posted
19 February 2024

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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BBC Sounds
Paralympic classifications explained. 5 Live In Short. Audio, 00:01:36
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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7 September 2016

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