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.

Conor Coughlan is ready to take the big hits as he bids to help Ireland win a wheelchair basketball medal at the European Para Youth Games in Istanbul. The 23-year-old relishes the physical challenge the sport provides - and how it helps knock down barriers to an understanding of what Para sport is all about.

Joel Martin Villalobos has some weighty issues on his mind as he prepares for the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) in Istanbul.

From Paralympic, world, and European medallists to rising stars making their debut.

Chef de Mission Richard Doyle says Ireland's next generation of Para sport hopefuls are ready to shine at the European Para Youth Games (EPYG) in Istanbul 2025.

The European Para Youth Games (EPYG) has been a launching pad for many athletes who have then gone on to success at a regional, world or...

With just over two weeks to go until the 2025 European Para Youth Games (EPYG), here are some quick facts and figures about the upcoming...

More than 1,200 participants, including nearly 650 athletes, will take part in a record-breaking European Para Youth Games (EPYG) in Istanbul, Türkiye, between 23-28 July

Work has started on the delivery of the European Paralympic Committee’s latest development activity – ParaManager.

The European Paralympic Committee has revealed the final sports that will be on the programme of the 2025 European Para Youth Games (EPYG) t

Archery, boccia, goalball, judo, swimming, taekwondo and table tennis have been revealed as the first sports.

Paris 2024 is just days away, athletes are arriving in the Paralympic Village and the European and global Para sport community is gearing-up

The European Paralympic Committee has renewed its patronage to the European Para Championships, providing crucial support

Austria’s double Paralympic alpine skiing champion Markus Salcher has been appointed Chairperson of the first EPC Athletes' Council.

The city of Istanbul, Türkiye, has been awarded the 2025 European Para Youth Games (EPYG) by the European Paralympic Committee.

The European Paralympic Committee is proud to join the European Olympic Committees EU Office (EOC EU Office) as a partner.