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The Australian 2017 National Paralympic Football Championships recently concluded in New South Wales. The tournament ran over four days, with four states competing. The teams played each other twice across three days before a finals series on the last day.  

The IPC is undertaking a 14-month exercise to finalise the Paris 2024 sports programme.  

The IFCPF Board had a face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 17 – 19 November 2017.  It was a very fruitful meeting as the Members at Large from the European, African and Asia-Oceania regions were able to attend and update the Board on developments and challenges in their regions. Important agenda points that [more...]

The International Federation of CP Football (IFCPF) is pleased to announce that the first official IFCPF African Championships will take place in March 2018, hosted in South Africa.  

Title How does the ball influence the performance of change of direction and sprint tests in para-footballers with brain impairments? Implications for evidence-based classification in CP Football  

by Holly Percival   Born in Doncaster, England, Bryan was born with right-sided Hemiplegia but has shown it to be no hinderance on reaching his dream; playing for England.

IPC sends condolences to the family of APC president Jose Luis Campo The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) led by its President Andrew Parsons has sent its condolences to the family of Jose Luis Campo, President of the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC), who passed away suddenly on Monday (16 October) in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Campo was a physical education teacher for youngsters with an impairment by [more...]