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20-23 September

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Para dance sport

Russian wheelchair dance couple Maksim Sedakov and Svetlana Kukushina first met through a chance encounter but Sedakov has gone on to dance at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships
Swimming

Ellen Keane will compete at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, having become a Paralympian even before finishing her exams.

Gordon Strachen at Hampden Park which will host the athletics at Glasgow 2014.
Athletics

Around 300 para-athletes from 20 countries will compete in 22 medal events across five sports, the most ever.

Sophie Wells
Equestrian

Team of five will compete in Normandy, France, between 23 August and 7 September

A woman looks up as she races in a wheelchair at the front of the pack with fans along the side of the road.
Athletics

Marcel Hug and Manuela Schaer headline the Swiss team for the IPC Athletics European Championships

Women in a shooting range targeting
Shooting

Minna Leinonen claimed a dramatic gold by just 0.1 on day five (23 July) of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup Segovia
Cycling

UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup takes place this weekend (25-27 July) in Segovia, Spain.

Anne d’Ieteren and Philippe Mees
Belgium

Mees held the position since 1 January 2014 but has left for personal reasons

An wheelchair racer shouts out after crossing the finish line in first place.
Athletics

Flying Finn ready to face some of the world’s best wheelchair racers at Swansea 2014

Matthew Skelhon of Great Britain catches a glimpse of the camera while competing in the mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone- SH1 final
Shooting

Great Britain's Matt Skelhon and Sweden's Joackim Norberg were the gold medal winners on the fourth day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Women in a shooting range with the branding "London 2012"

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has welcomed Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) as the newest recognised International Federation of the Paralympic Family.

Jonas Jacobsson close-up
Shooting

Gold medallists Jonas Jacobsson and Veronika Vadovicova, as well as Heejun Lee back in action on day four (22 July) in Suhl, Germany.

Two football players tackle for the ball on a blue field of play
Football 7-a-side

Eleven teams will compete in the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships between 23 July and 4 August.

Australian Paralypians wear 2XU kit in front of the Sydney Opera House.
Australia

After supplying kit for London 2012 and Sochi 2014, 2XU will continue to supply thr Australian Paralympic Committee through to Rio 2016.

Ireland football 7-a-side team
Football 7-a-side

European championships will be first major event for team Germany that has only been existing since the beginning of 2014.

Youngjun Jeon of South Korea, a gold medal winner at Suhl 2014
Shooting

Jinho Park and Youngjun Jeon both win individual golds and set or equal world records on a day to remember for South Korea at Suhl 2014.

A man waves the Paralympic flag on stage
PyeongChang 2018

Jin-sun Kim has resigned as President of POCOG

Shingo Kunieda in a wheelchair plays a backhand with his tennis racket
Wheelchair Tennis

World No.1 claims his fifth British Open title with convincing straight sets win in Nottingham

ADAMS

New version of the clearinghouse will be launched in 2016 following introduction of revised Code.

Veronika Vadovicova and Natascha Hiltrop
Shooting

Day three (21 July) of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany, will see a major battle taking place amongst the top stars as the R3 and R4 mixed events take place.