Originally conceived as a sport wheelchair, it has now evolved to answer different needs, due to feedback from the users and the community involved in the project. [Alessio] designed the project ...

The introduction of the new wheelchair honors the memory of Olivia Forrester, who was dedicated to making outdoor spaces more ...

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the global governing body of the sport. The court dimensions (28x15m) and basket height (10ft) for wheelchair basketball are the same as ...

Wheelchair rugby has taken the nation by storm during the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, with the event ominously titled ...

The sport grew in the 1980s as France became the first country in Europe to put together a specific wheelchair tennis programme. The sport made its first appearance at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympics.

Although Chinese fencers dominated the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Fencing Championships at Terni in Italy it was Iraq who produced the performance of the week.

But the Classic 8s was the first time wheelchair tennis had appeared at a Grand Slam - a piece of scheduling that turbocharged the sport's development. Wheelchair tennis was only invented in the ...

Cassidy, too, was inspired by the Paralympics in 2000, joining his high school’s track team, the only school team to include ...

People in wheelchairs had played before. But it was only when disabled American Brad Parks first hit a tennis ball that he realised the potential of this new sport. Brad and his friend Jeff ...