Italy marched relentlessly to wheelchair basketball gold at the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul as they proved a class above all their opponents. It was a wonderful exhibition of the sport from a richly-talented team led majestically by Alessandro Sbuelz.

Slovenia's boccia head coach Maja Bobnar has underlined the importance of the European Para Youth Games for helping to develop young athletes. Bobnar has overseen a team of three in the boccia competition, including 14-year-old twins Anze and Enej Strazberger.

Four-time Paralympian Barbara van Bergen has said the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul has given the future stars of Para sport vital international experience. The seventh edition of multi-sport event has seen the cream of Europe's sporting youngsters compete across nine Para sports.

Gabriele Saccoman loves playing mind games with himself as he bids to become a Para archery great. The Italian showed why he is one of the sport’s rising stars with victory in the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul.

There could have been few prouder parents than John and Jillian Moyles as they watched their son, Damien, take the first steps towards...

Italy continued their seemingly unstoppable march to wheelchair basketball gold with another comprehensive victory at the European Para...

Ephrem Bona completed another chapter in his remarkable life story by winning a silver medal on the opening day of Para athletics at the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul. Just 12 years after the Ethiopian hut he lived in caught fire, leaving him with serious burns that resulted in him requiring a leg amputation, Bona proudly flew an Italian flag at EPYG.

Czechia’s David Kratochvil showed his swimming class as he won the first gold in the pool at the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul. Kratochvil, who won the S11 400m freestyle gold at the Paralympic Games in Paris last year, triumphed in the boys 100m freestyle final.

Great Britain judo coach Ian Johns hailed the European Para Youth Games' importance following a medal-laden day for his talented team in Istanbul.

Sabir Zeynalov added another major medal to his growing collection as Azerbaijan began an expected Para taekwondo gold rush at the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul. The 2024 Paris Paralympics bronze medallist was top seed in the K44 -58kg category at Cebeci Sports Complex, and he did not disappoint.

Italian Para archer Francesco Maria Sorato admitted he was lost for words after winning the first gold medal of the 2025 European Para Youth Games in Istanbul. Sorato won the Under23 W1 Open, beating gold medal match opponent and fellow countryman Francesco Tomaselli 142-140.

Local hero Ayse Nur Guney may have just missed out on a medal but reckons Para sport will be the big winner of the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul. The Para archer produced the fourth best score of the qualifying round in the Recurve U23 Open, just missing out on qualifying for the medal deciders.

The record-breaking Istanbul 2025 European Para Youth Games has officially opened with a colourful ceremony at the Cebeci Sports Complex in Istanbul. Around 640 athletes among 1,200 competitors, coaches and team staff from 33 countries - all records for the EPYG - will take part in a multi-sport competition which draws the cream of young sporting talent from across Europe.

Andrias Mellemgaard will complete a round-trip of almost 8,000 kilometres as the Faroe Islands' solitary European Para Youth Games (EPYG) competitor in Istanbul - but he would not have missed it for anything. The 15-year-old Para swimmer has only been competing since 2022, yet an ambition burns brightly to represent his country at the next Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

Zeynep Sezgin has targeted Para archery gold after becoming the first competitor from host nation Türkiye to reach a final at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG). The 17-year-old's debut at international level proved an outstanding success as she booked a place in the Recurve Under23 Open gold medal match.

Italy’s Gabriele Saccoman and Slovakia’s Liliana Lacová were both in dreamland after qualifying for the Para archery final at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) in Istanbul. The due will battle it out for the Compound U23 Open gold medal on Friday (July 25) at the Cebeci Sports Complex after the sport launched the competition at the EPYG.

Para taekwomdo star Sabir Zeynalov is set to be a box-office attraction at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) in Istanbul. Zeynalov, who celebrated his 20th birthday on the opening day of training at Cebeci Sports Complex, leads Azerbaijan's powerful seven-strong Para taekwondo team that is on a medal mission.

Just one clinic with two-time Paralympic Games gold medalist Bo Kramer was enough to convince Rinske Huitema to make the switch to wheelchair basketball. The 23-year-old was targeting sporting success in taekwondo when the knee condition she had been born with worsened so she turned her focus to Para sports.

Goalball has been among Türkiye biggest sporting success stories of the last nine years following a golden spell for the women's team. And that feelgood factor could show itself at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) on home ground in Istanbul when Türkiye contest a four-nation round-robin tournament.

Teenager Ismayil Allahverdiyev will make sporting history for Azerbaijan when Para archery opens the competition schedule at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) in Istanbul. And hopes are high that the 15-year-old could make it a dream start when his country makes its debut in the EPYG.