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20-23 September

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La Molina snowboard World Cup Finals

IPCAS Snowboard World Cup Finals head to La Molina, Spain, and will feature around 40 riders vying for position ahead of Sochi 2014.

Toronto 2015

The IPC’s Worldwide Paralympic Partner will provide timing, scoring and results services at the next Parapan American Games.

Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg Gold Medal Contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

With a small team, Uzbekistan will compete at its first Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi after 20 years at the Winter Olympics.

Sir Philip Craven shakes hands with the wife of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

Ban Ki-moon and Sir Philip Craven talk about the Paralympic Movement ahead of Olympic Opening Ceremony in Sochi.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

World’s premier honours event in the sporting calendar to take place on 26 March

The Bulgarian team is led through the stadium by flag bearer Aleksandar Stoyanov during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games

The Balkan country will be celebrating its twentieth year competing at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

Czech Republic ice sledge hockey team

The Czech Republic are still seeking their first Paralympic medal in ice sledge hockey and have all the ingredients to obtain one at Sochi 2014.

Talisson Glock Montreal 2013

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee has created a programme for nine young swimmers in a bid to win more medals at Rio 2016.

3D model of para-snowboard course Sochi 2014

First ever Paralympic snowboard-cross course is revealed, complete with 22 challenging features.

Danelle Umstead

Seven of the skiers named to the US Sochi 2014 team have won 22 Paralympic medals between themselves.

Mohamed Farhat Chida of Tunisia wins gold in the Men's 400m - T38 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Ecuador, Indonesia, Tunisia and the Americas Paralympic Committee will have an increased online presence.

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

Speaking at the 126th IOC Session, Ban Ki-moon spoke of inspirational Paralympians.

Mahmoud Khosravivafa was re-elected as President of the NPC Iran

Khosravivafa will serve a further four year term following election at 11th General Assembly.

Oleg Syssolyatin of Kazakhstan competes in the Men's 10km Standing Cross-Country Skiing at Vancouver 2010

Having not medalled for 20 years, Kazakhstan hopes to send a much larger team to Sochi than it did four years ago to Vancouver.

Iran and Rwanda sitting volleyball

VolleySLIDE will help bolster the grassroots sports development initiatives in sitting volleyball around the world.

Russia's Aleksandra Frantceva and Guide Pavel Zabotin

Russia’s Aleksandra Frantceva claimed back her form in the slalom to beat world champion Henrieta Farkasova, who has won every race since returning from injury.

A picture of a man skiing on the slopes

Frenchman Vincent Gauthier-Manuel completed a double victory in slalom in St. Moritz and overall World Cup rankings for slalom are confirmed.

Dominic Larocque

Take a look at the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s edgy new campaign leading up to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Paquita Ramirez Capitan of Andorra competes in the Women's Visually Impaired Slalom during Day 3 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympics at Whistler Creekside on March 14, 2010 in Whistler, Canada

The small country in the Pyrenees will make its third appearance at a Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

Cameron Leslie

Paralympics New Zealand launches bid to give swimmers in S1-S5 classifications more access to training, competitions and pool-space, supported by the Agitos Foundation.