PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Swimming

The British International Disability Swimming Championships will run in conjunction with the ParalympicsGB Sports Fest at the end of April.

USA

The US Paralympics Warrior Games will take place from 11-16 May in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Athletics

Swansea first UK city to stage Europeans

Sochi 2014

Venue will stage Paralympic biathlon and cross country events in 2014

Para Ice Hockey

Just three years after overcoming cancer, Canada’s Tyler McGregor will make his ice sledge hockey World Championship debut at the age of 19.

Athletics

This weekend's fifth Fazza International Athletics Meeting is the first stop on the 2013 IPC Athletics Grand Prix tour.

Athletics

Great Britain's Graeme Ballard hopes to keep his outstanding performances rolling into 2013, starting with the 5th FAZZA International.

Canada

The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) thanks Government for its ongoing support towards sport for athletes with an impairment

Athletics

Sprinter Blake Leeper, a double-Paralympic medallist in London, will lead an American delegation on the Florida track this weekend.

Athletics

Swansea, Wales will stage the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships, drawing around 600 athletes from 40 countries.

Athletics

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) warns "cheats" of GW501516

Vancouver 2010

To honour the third anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games on Thursday (21 March), here’s a look back at the numbers and top performers.

Cross-Country Skiing

Russia finished with 34 overall medals, including 15 golds at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Sochi.

Cross-Country Skiing

120 new alpine skiing athletes licensed for national competitions.

Cross-Country Skiing

Vancouver 2010

A decade of effort is starting to pay off for Canadian nordic skier Mark Arendz in the lead-up to the Sochi 2014 Games.

Sochi 2014

The Russian duo of Mikhalina Lysvoa and Nikolay Polukhin won gold in biathlon's short-distance event at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup.

Sochi 2014

Last day of competition from Sochi, Russia will be biathlon long

Sochi 2014

Shooting

Suhl, Germany will stage the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships, at which 300 athletes are expected to compete.