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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The Paralympic Flag arrives in Sochi

Lionel Messi

2011 World Cup

All countries competing at the Paralympics are now known for: Football 5-a-Side, Football 7-a-Side, Goalball, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby and Sitting Volleyball.

Irek Zaripov celebrating after winning a race at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

The Russian delegation once again showed its strength at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup, finishing strong on Day 1 of the Finals in Finland.

Abderrahim Zhiou

Esther Vergeer in action at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

The Wheelchair Tennis star talks about what her life is like in the lead-up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Taylor Chace and Greg Westlake

The defending Paralympic and world champions, USA, along with Canada - which has lost just one game all season - will go into the event as the heavy hitters.

Irek Zaripov

Though Russia is already the clear leader of the event, nothing will be decided until the final race for many of the individual trophies.

Greg Westlake

Prior to departing for the World Championships, the Canadians spent two days playing on the ice with soldiers in Ontario.

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Camp participants hail from Azerbaijan, Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey.

Magnus Bogle

Norway has finished in first or second place at every IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship event.

Matthew Cowdrey

Matthew Cowdrey broke the world record in the 100m Freestyle S9 in Adelaide.

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Members of the public to nominate Paralympians and coaches for Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame

Dan Greaves

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First ITF 2 Series tournament of 2012 took place in Nuremberg, Germany

Paralympics history, paralympics opening ceremony

Great Britain's first-ever Paralympic gold medallist to celebrate achievements in London.

Russia Archery

At last weekend's Para-Archery World Ranking event in Bangkok, Russia came away with nine medals, including four golds.

Octavio Londono and Mario Vazquez Rana