info@europaralympic.org | Tel: + 39 06 3685 6106 | Fax: + 39 06 3685 6332 H. HOME 1. CONTACT | 2. SEARCH | 3. SITE MAP | 4. LINKS | BLACK | | NORMAL WHO ARE WE VISION AND MISSION ORGANISATION MEMBERS CALENDAR SPORTS NEWS ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS 2007 GA & CONFERENCE      MAIN Beijing hopefuls head to Manchester for Paralympic World Cup 07-05-2008 Many of the world’s best elite athletes with a disability from swimming, track cycling, wheelchair basketball and athletics have gathered in Manchester for this week’s Paralympic World Cup (7th – 11th May). More info IWBF Europe Champions Cup finals set to begin in Madrid 30-04-2008 The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Euro Zone Champions Cup finals will bring together the continent’s best eight club teams for three days of competition in two venues in the Spanish capital. More info International Olympic Committee Co-ordination Commission for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games concludes first visit to the Russian host city. 24-04-2008 The Commission visited the sites of the venues for the 2014 Winter Games and received an update from the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee (Sochi 2014) on a number of key areas of Games preparations. More info Second Edition of paraEmotion now on-line 18-04-2008 The second edition of paraEmotion – the monthly magazine programme on the re-launched ParalympicSport.TV channel – is now available on-line. More info Norway takes silver at 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in USA 11-04-2008 Norway pipped the hosts to second place and the silver medal at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships that concluded last weekend in Marlborough. Coming a close second to world champions Canada is an excellent result for the Scandinavian country and bodes well for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. More info Final stage of Beijing 2008 Games preparations underway 07-04-2008 From 1 to 3 April, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games visited Beijing, China, for the last time before the Opening of the Games. More info HIGHLIGHTS Beijing in sight as Paralympic World Cup comes to a close 12-05-2008 With over 400 competitors from 45 countries competing for 175 medals across four sports, the city and record crowds that gathered for this year’s Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, United Kingdom, were given a real preview of the Paralympic Games later this year. And once again, the athletes on show rose to the occasion to deliver in true style. More info Galatasaray crowned kings of European Wheelchair Basketball 05-05-2008 Galatasaray (Turkey) defeated RSV Lahn-Dill (Germany) to become European club champions at the IWBF Europe Champions Cup finals in Madrid in an exciting final yesterday. The Turkish team, set up only three years ago, took the title for the first time with victory over five-times finalists Lahn-Dill. More info Records galore at British International Disability Swimming Championships 28-04-2008 World, European and British records tumbled in the pool at Sheffield last weekend as some of the world’s best swimmers with disabilities gathered to compete in this annual event. More info Singapore invites European countries to boccia tournament 22-04-2008 European boccia players have been extended an invitation to participate in the 2nd Singapore Invitational Boccia Championships in July 2008. The event, organised by the Singapore Disability Sports Council, follows on from the successful inaugural tournament held last year in which four countries (Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore) participated. More info David Weir (UK) and Sandra Graf (Switzerland) take London Marathon honours 14-04-2008 Local star David Weir won his third successive London Marathon yesterday with a well-timed sprint finish. The British wheelchair athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 33 minutes and 56 seconds. More info 2008 Paralympic World Cup set to be bigger than ever 09-04-2008 Record numbers of athletes with disabilities will compete at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester next month as the countdown for the Beijing Paralympics continues to gather momentum. More info