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10-16 March

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Mandip Sehmi

The wheelchair rugby squad features 12 players and is led by captain Chris Ryan.

Teresa Perales

The criteria was approved at the Spanish Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly.

Swimming stars Keri-anne Payne and Scott Quin

A record number of media are also expected to attend the 2015 swimming Worlds, which begin on 13 July.

Wheelchair tennis player hits a ball back.

The 17-year-old is the top-ranked junior and a rising star in the wheelchair tennis scene.

A group of male wheelchair rugby players battling for the ball

Hosts Finland to face Ireland on opening day.

Elodie Lorandi

Aside from the big name multiple medallists, who else should fans be on the look-out for at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships?

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Lennart Blomberg, of IPC Powerlifting partner Eleiko, passes away.

Zhang Cuiping celebrates with her gold medal

Chinese world and Paralympic champion breaks seven year old qualification best in Osijek, Croatia and goes onto set new world record in the finals.

A swimmer without arms begins his race.

The ‘armless swimmer’ is hoping he can learn from opponents and protect his own world record and titles at the Worlds.

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Ahmad Ostavarian tested positive for two substances during an in-competition test at February’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, UAE.

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The awards, supported by Allianz, will recognise members of the international media for their coverage of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games.

Couple on the dance floow. He is in a wheelchar, she is sitting on the floor, both pose

Singles dancers from the host country highlight competition at the 2015 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport New Taipei City Cup Open.

Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, with athletes.

Chile plan to send their biggest ever team to August’s Parapan American Games.

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Coverage will include the upcoming IPC Swimming World Championships and October’s IPC Athletics World Championships.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland (R) and Josh Cassidy of Canada compete in the Men's 5000m - T54 heats on day two of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium.

Ahead of a busy summer of athletics, we look at the 10 long standing world records that may be beaten soon.

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The midfielder was oustanding in helping the Russian football 7-a-side team capture the world title.

Man in wheelchair poses in front of a wallpaper

Mullen, Simmonds, Long and Pascoe, target gold medals on the first day of Glasgow 2015 on Monday (13 July).

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Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang also helped her team to a new world record in Osijek, Croatia, a Paralympic qualifier.

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.

Athletes from 48 countries – the most ever at a World Cup – will line-up for the first Paralympic qualifier of 2015.

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The Japanese pay TV broadcaster will produce a number of documentaries following the journey of para-athletes ahead of Tokyo 2020.