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During the preparations for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) launched the “I’mPOSSIBLE” education programme across Italy, with more than 28,000 students from over 350 schools taking part, covering more than 1,400 classes. The programme was jointly introduced in 2025 by the Fondazione Milano-Cortina 2026 and Procter & Gamble (P&G), a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner. It aims to help students aged six to 18 be

Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures Press has successfully acquired the English-language publishing rights for the German fantasy bestseller series Stormfell Academy! This means that the German fantasy world, which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, is soon to appear on bookshelves for readers in the UK and the US. Torsten Weitze, one of Germany’s most popular fantasy authors, is known for his gripping adventure stories and loyal readership. The first book in the series, The

At the 2026 Milano–Cortina Winter Paralympic Games wheelchair curling mixed team round robin, ParalympicsGB lost 5–8 to Latvia. The British side attempted several comebacks during the match but failed to capitalize in key ends and ultimately suffered a disappointing defeat. The loss leaves the team facing a difficult situation in the standings. According to the schedule, they will play their final round-robin match against Norway at 5:35pm GMT the following day, hoping to end

Photo by ParalympicsGB/Sam Mellish Milano Cortina, 10 March 2026 — At the Winter Paralympics alpine skiing events, 23-year-old British athlete Neil Simpson and his guide Rob Poth claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the Games, winning silver in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined. Simpson was fourth after the morning Super-G run, but delivered the fastest time in the slalom run to finish with a total of 1:57.07, completing his full set of Paralympic medals. Simpson

The NPC had been due to be at the Games with one Para athlete in Para cross-country skiing but is unable to travel safely. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed on Friday (6 March) afternoon that the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Iran will not compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. NPC Iran had been due to participate with one athlete - two-time Paralympian Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei - in two Para cross-country skiing medal events

Scotland will have new representatives in both the women’s and men’s forthcoming World Championships after national champions Team Henderson and Team Whyte were selected for the first time. For these teams the opportunity to wear Scotland colours at senior level is a reward for the consistency in recent years that has seen Fay Henderson and Ross Whyte lead their rinks to three successive Scottish Championship wins. The selections were made taking a series of criteria into acc