A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track

British Paralympian Richard Whitehead helped remove the finish line of the old track to mark 500 days to go until the 2017 Para-athletics World Championships.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The T53 racer set new world records over 400m and 800m in 2015 and is targeting her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Coral Batey is not fazed by being the only woman in the Great Britain squad.

European champions among three teams to test the venues for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Alain Dehaze with Ayumi Kunori

Online applications open from 1 March to 15 April.

Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him

Close races loom as skiers go head-to-head for overall super-G and downhill globes between 1-4 March.

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The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.

Graphic with three women sprinting

The world champion sprinter who set a sensational new 100m world record last year shares her musical tastes.

Upper body of woman celebrating

Athletes will compete at Les Angles in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom between 8-12 March.

Manuela Schär and Ernst Van Dyk

The South African and Swiss racers will headline a strong field on Sunday 20 March.

Man with prosthetic leg doing shot put

The British two-time world champion added 15cm to his previous best.

Aerial view of the Tokyo Skytree

The Organising Committee now have 28 Tokyo 2020 Partners, including 13 Official Partners.

Man in wheelchair curling

The Sochi 2014 hosts have now won the world title three times in the last five years.

A football 7-a-side player celebrates scoring a goal

Midfielder Matt Crossen is excited about the tournament which will see his team face fellow Rio 2016 qualifiers.

Darko Duric

Part of one of Europe’s biggest retail chains will support Slovenian Paralympians and raise awareness of para-sports.

A Russian wheelchair curler celebrates progressing to the gold medal game

At the World Wheelchair Curling Worlds the page play-offs began with the 1v2 game between Norway and Russia and the 3v4 game between South Korea and Switzerland.

Athlete with ear phones takes aim in biathlon.

Competition in the World Cup is heating up following the last day of racing in Finsterau, Germany, with only one edition left.

Pavlos Mamalos of Greece reacts with intense joy as he competes in the Men's -90 kg Powerlifting event.

Pavlos Mamalos and Keun Bae Chun were the leaders at the last opportunity for athletes to improve their place in the rankings for Rio 2016.

Two women's standing skiers cross the line at exactly the same time

A close finish between Ukrainian world champion Oleksandra Kononova and Russian Paralympic champion Anna Milenina in the women’s standing stuns in Finsterau, Germany.

Jim Armstrong; Canada Skip and his team on the ice

The twelfth session of round-robin play featured the two remaining games, China v USA and Germany v Canada. The session would end with victories for China and Canada.

Bank Ki-moon stood behind a podium addressing the IOC session.

Ban Ki-moon said ‘mega’ sports such as the Paralympics have potential to advance peace, human rights. United Nations