PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Josh Dueck sit-skiing

Following the conclusion of this year’s IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, Invermere, Canada was announced as the host city for the event in 2015.

A picture of a woman holding a French flag

There will be 1,300 athletes from more than 100 countries competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships this summer.

Niklas Ingvarsson and Per Kasperi

Sweden’s Per Kasperi has become a rising star in the ice sledge hockey world.

Day 5 highlights (giant slalom) 2913 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Graduate of IPC Development Camp in 2006 storms to five world titles

Estonia ice sledge hockey

Estonia won three games last week against Great Britain’s ice sledge hockey team during their exhibition series.

Russia's Roman Petushkov takes lead over teammate Irek Zaripov

The 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships are taking place in Solleftea, Sweden, from 25 February to 5 March.

Brazil football 5-a-side

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee will receive funding from the Ministry of Sports across 16 sports to prepare athletes for Rio 2016.

A woman in the wheelchair at the biathlon track

Sit skier Andrea Eskau won the women’s sitting cross-country race on the second day of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Austria's Matthias Lanzinger's ambitions for Alpine Skiing World Championships

Just five years after losing his leg in a skiing accident, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger won a world title in the super-combined.

Sylvana Mestre with IPC Development Camp graduates Marie Bochet and Jasper Balcaen