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Here Comes The … Glider

The wedding bells will be ringing loudly at the official union of Ella Sabljak and Matt McShane next year – especially if Australia’s wheelchair basketball teams do well at the Tokyo Paralympics. School teacher and Gliders player Sabljak paid tribute to her network of loved ones and supporters in the latest edition of My Squad,...

Paralympics Australia Statement: Tokyo 2020 Paraly...

Paralympics Australia is aware of a media report published today in which it is claimed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be cancelled. The report quotes an unnamed source referred to a

Craig Friday Appointed Dual Head Coach of Australi...

Basketball Australia has appointed Craig Friday as the head coach of both Australia’s senior men’s and women’s Wheelchair Basketball teams for 2021. Friday has been the head

NEC Hangar expansion: A facility for all

The Essendon Football Club’s NEC Hangar is set to boost its status as an inclusive facility, with purpose-built dormitory accommodation to house Australia’s Para-athletes,

Caspers A Gold Medal Winning Shooting Pioneer

Libby Kosmala is rightly celebrated as Australia’s greatest-ever Para-shooting athlete, but another proud South Australian joins her in the ranks as among the nation’s finest e

Webb appointed to Australian Team Executive for Bi...

Three-time Paralympian and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Katrina Webb OAM has been appointed to the Australian Team Executive ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Paralympics Australia Supports AIS Investment In S...

Paralympics Australia commends the Australian Institute of Sport for its $35 million commitment to performance pathways, which will assist in converting more emerging Para-athletes