PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

South Africa's Ilse Hayes won the long jump F13 and Canada's Michelle Stilwell claimed gold in the 800m T52 race at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Sochi 2014

Ahead of the Sochi 2014 Test Event, the Czech Republic’s ice sledge hockey team realise the next Paralympics could be their last together as a core group.

Athletics

French favourites Mandy Francois-Elie and Marie-Amelie le Fur, as well as Belgium’s Marieke Vervoort and Canada’s Michelle Stilwell will be in action.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Read what the athletes had to say after they came off the track and field

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Six athletes, all from London 2012, return to international competition at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Champs.

Athletics

The USA's Richard Browne said winning gold over Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock in the 100m T44 sprint final would be a dream come true.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Paralympians and Olympians to come out of retirement for big race

Football 7-a-side

Sixteen teams will fight for eight World Championship qualification spots on the pitch in Barcelona, Spain.

Para Ice Hockey

Steve Cash, Josh Pauls and Taylor Chace are among the names who made it on to the USA’s roster for Sochi 2014.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Mandy Francois-Elie brought the home crowd to its feet at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock defeated the USA's Richard Browne in a much-anticipated 100m T44 sprint showdown.

Equestrian

The ECCO FEI European Para-Equestrian Championships will take place in August in Denmark.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Here's what the athletes had to say during day five of the IPC Athletics World Championships

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

There was a pile-up in the women's 800m T52 final at the IPC Athletics World Championships, resulting in a disqualifcation for Belgium's Marieke Vervoort.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

France won their first gold medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in the women's 200m T37 sprint.

Para Ice Hockey

Russia, Canada, Czech Republic and Norway will all take part in the International Ice Sledge Hockey “4 Nations” Tournament.

Athletics

The IPC is educating athletes, coaches, staff and NPCs about anti-doping at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Football 7-a-side

Canada’s football 7-a-side team offered Trevor Stiles a second chance, now he’d like to return the favour by helping them qualify for the World Championships.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

British Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead is looking to beat Germany's Heinrich Popow and Australia's Scott Reardon to retain his world title.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Morocco's El Amin Chentouf picked up his second gold at the IPC Athletics World Championships on Tuesday (23 July).