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Matt Skelhon Shooting

Ten shooters will represent Great Britain at September’s Paralympic Games, including Beijing 2008 gold medallist Matt Skelhon.

Music band of uniformed men in front of a TV board

The six-day event in Italy's Tuscan city got underway with a colourful Opening Ceremony.

Athlete holding the Norwegian flag.

It has been 40 years since Kibuuka became Africa’s first winter Para athlete and 20 since he was named Norway’s Paralympic flag bearer.

Samuel Ingram of Great Britain and Jorge Lencina of Argentina

Willians Araujo, Alana Maldonado and Lucia Araujo took three golds as Brazil tops the medal table in Walsall, England.

female athlete in a sit ski propelling herself forward

Paralympic medallists Oksana Masters and Andy Soule will return to the snow for a crucial season.

Elodie Lorandi celebrates victory in Berlin

Paralympic and world champions Daniel Dias, Mary Fisher, Ellie Cole, Carlos Serrano and Elodie Lorandi will all compete in the German capital.

A picture of man in a wheelchair resisting to a choch with another wheelchair.

Learn how the sport originally called Murderball made it into the Paralympics.

A general view of the Arena Carioca 1 at the Olympic Park.

All the chair-knocking, fast-paced action can be watched at the Carioca Arena 1 during the Paralympic Games.

Three blind athletes playing football on a field at the Parapan American Games

Mexico’s Jorge Lanzagorta is hoping his team will rub shoulders with favourites Brazil and Argentina at September’s Paralympic Games.

Two judokas competing at the European judo championships

The IBSA Judo Committee has begun the host-country selection process for competitions set to take place between 2017 and 2020.

A picture of a powerlifter on a bench celebrating

Getting into the world top three is not easy, but that is exactly what the best powerlifters from the region have done in 2016.

Finish of a sprint with three women

The 100m T42 world champion, who obliterated her own world record last year, will compete at Grosseto 2016 despite an injury marred season.

An athlete in a wheelchair competing in a game of curling.

Even if the skip helped South Korea take World bronze, his spot on next season’s national team is not secured.

Group shot on a stage with a big sign in front

Two Para sport World Championships will be held in the same city at the same time, featuring more than 900 athletes.

Great Britain's Shelby Watson in action at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

The 18-year-old wheelchair racer broke four world records.

Man with British flag celebrating

The British 100m T44 sprinters is aiming to defend both his European and Paralympic titles this summer, starting with Grosseto 2016.

Jonato Santos Machado of Brazil and Pablo Molina Lopez of Argentina during the Gold Medal match at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The Championships will be held 3-22 September next year.

Qing Xu celebrating his win in the pool.

The seven-time Paralympic swimming champion said that he is considering hanging up his googles after the Paralympic Games.

Ryley Batt competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

A player can be allocated to one of seven sport classes, depending on his or her impairment.

Twelve athletes in wheelchairs lined up, making up the wheelchair rugby team.

Nine athletes return from the team that took silver four years ago in London.