Brazilian judo world champion Alana Maldonado is one of five athletes nominated for November's Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Athlete of the Month award.

team have also been nominated after qualifying for the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games by defeating Guatemala

Alexis Lagan, who missed individual gold by a single point earlier in the week, claimed her first individual international title with an event record at the Championship of the Americas in Guadalajara in Mexico.

gold, with team-mate Hannah Black taking bronze with 612.8.Silver went to Polyma Velasquez Alvarado of Guatemala

A workshop for coaches and athletes competing in the Pan American Para-Badminton Championships has been held in the host city of Lima in preparation for the competition due to start tomorrow.

a Pan Am (BPAC) Para-badminton coach.Athletes and coaches from Argentina, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala

Defending champions Mexico beat Nicaragua 75-54 to win their opening game of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Central America and Caribbean Championship in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose.

Action was brought forward by a day after Guatemala and Honduras withdrew from the Championship but this

America and Caribbean Championship has been brought forward after the late withdrawal of Honduras and Guatemala

the tournament set to start tomorrow, the action is now scheduled to begin today due to Honduras and Guatemala

Championship in Costa Rica, originally due to start tomorrow, has been brought forward by a day after Guatemala

and Honduras withdrew ©IWBF"IWBF Americas is disappointed that Guatemala and now Honduras have had to

Norwegian capital Oslo has been named as host of the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, the sport's governing body United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced.

was named as host of next year's World Championships.Potevedra in Spain will hold the European event, Guatemala

City in Guatemala the Pan-American competition and Beirut in Lebanon the Asian Junior Championships.

The Agitos Foundation has launched the "Road to Lima 2019" programme with Proud Paralympian and boccia courses.

participants came from Argentina, Aruba, Bermuda, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) have announced the 32 teams who will compete in their Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualifier in Fort Wayne.

Wayne.Hosts United States, Greece, Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Britain, Australia, China, South Korea, Canada, Guatemala

The spectre of political boycott hung heavy over the Olympic Movement in the early 1980s. 

Days in 1990 ©Getty ImagesRogge had by now become IOC President and when the 2007 Session gathered in Guatemala

South Korea's reigning champion Jung Jinhwa was among qualifiers for the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Championship men's individual final.

36 athletes from the 83 total qualified for the final in all.They were led by Charles Fernandez of Guatemala

Belarus won the first gold medal of the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Mexico City as they won the women's relay.

German silver medallists Ronja Steinborn and Annika Schleu, while Sofia Cabrera and Sophia Hernandez of Guatemala

Hosts Brazil dominated proceedings on the final day of the Pan American Karate Federation Junior, Cadet and Under-21 Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

won the under-55kg class with a 5-3 scoreline over Chile’s Victor Jara.Pedropablo De La Roca of Guatemala

Ana Gabriela Martinez earned revenge for her 2016 defeat by Paola Longoria in the last International Racquetball Federation World Championships women’s final by beating her Mexican rival to the title in this year’s edition.

non north-American woman to win this world title.This marks another huge step forward for the rising Guatemala

Quota places for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games were secured on day two of the Pan American Archery Championships in Medellin.

in Colombia on day two ©World ArcheryBolivia and Brazil qualified in the women's event with Cuba and Guatemala

Americans ousted Brazil 5-4.Chile and the US will clash in the men's final.The South Americans beat Guatemala

Top seeds David Horn and Paola Longoria have moved safely through to the quarter-finals at the 19th International Racquetball Federation World Championships in San José.

opening medal round matches against Ireland's Mark Murphy, who he beat 15-3, 15-1, and Edwin Galicia of Guatemala