The Ukrainian Football 7-a-side team at the Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.

The 2015 Worlds runners-up defeated Brazil in the last major competition before Rio 2016.

Portrait picture of a man showing his tongue.

The German para-table tennis player overcame top-ranked Feng, which was just a few of the surprises in Lasko.

Ukraine football 7-a-side team - London 2012

Ukraine highlights Group A, while reigning World and Paralympic champions Russia are in Group B.

Ernst van Dyk

The event took place in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa between 6 and 8 May.

USA women's Goalball

The world silver medallists Russia won the 17th edition of this event following a 1-0 victory over Brazil.

USA women's Goalball

Here are six potential goalball storylines to follow ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Biondi Misasi

The 100m T12 and long jump T12 athlete is confident he will compete at Rio 2016 and win his country's first Paralympic medal.

a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump

Germany’s Paralympic, world and European champion Markus Rehm explains what it takes to jump over eight metres.

Two judoka on the mat

The 33-year-old judoka will become the first Uruguayan athlete to compete at three different Paralympic Games.

A group of male wheelchair rugby players battling for the ball

The two wheelchair rugby events are the first stages in qualification for the 2018 World Championships.

British Judo

The event will take place in Walsall, England, between 4 and 5 June.

Group of young people pose for photo

The new outfits from Adidas and Sioux will be worn during September’s Paralympic Games

General view of the Future Arena.

The Future Arena will host the goalball events at September’s Paralympic Games.

Rick Doerr

Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund make up the US three-person sonar class team that will compete at September’s Paralympic Games.

A taekwondo athlete kicks her female opponent

Russia’s Nazarenko moved up, while Iran’s Pourrahnamaahmad remained No. 1 in their respective categories following the Asian Open.

Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Dutch and Hungarian swimmers are also in line to double up on golds for their countries after going fastest in the heats at the swimming Euros in Funchal, Portugal.

Swimmer doing freestyle

World records for Ukraine’s Oksana Khrul and Russia’s Valeriia Shabalina close competition in Funchal, Portugal.

A picture of a man celebrates the victory after crossing the line

The T38 sprinter won two golds at London 2012 and will aim to win more at Rio 2016.

Jessica Lewis of Bermuda reacts after her 800m race during the 2015 ParAthletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

T53 sprinter Jessica Lewis is hoping to win her country’s first Paralympic medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics after last year’s breakthrough season.

Man in wheelchair doing wheelchair curling

Despite three world titles, the Russian skip says his team should not slow down ahead of PyeongChang 2018.