PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

To mark the last day of the year, here are 25 fun, serious and interesting things we learned around the Paralympic Movement in 2014.

No. 2 NBC broadcast ice sledge hockey gold medal match

After years of campaigning for more TV coverage in the US, NBC showed over 50 hours from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Ihor Reptyukh

The Ukrainian world champion Nordic skier believes that everything is in place for him to top the podium at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Sarah Storey

In 2014 there were two World Championships, World Cups and many great achievements in para-cycling.

Man and women kissing, a black horse stands next to them.

Philippa Johnson-Dwyer and James Dwyer finally got married this year, 12 years after first bumping into each other on horseback.

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The Paralympic Movement’s global governing body turned 25 in 2014 and celebrated with a special event in Berlin, Germany

Zahra Nemati won gold at London 2012

Ahead of 2015, a year that will feature the World Archery Para Championships, here are five rivalries that could light up the year.

Italian woman celebrates on a horse

2014, the Chinese Year of the Horse, was a great year for para-equestrian dressage, both in and out of the arena.

Ellie Cole, Natalie Du Toit

Australian multiple Paralympic champion Ellie Cole is on a come-back from injury and aims to be back on form for Glasgow 2015.

Man doing powerlifting on a bench

To end 2014, we focus on seven huge lifts that had us all talking during the season.