PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Brazilian wheelchair basketball players meet league winners Flamengo

Some members of the Brazilian basketball league team tried out the sport in wheelchairs.

wheelchair basketball draw results

Men's London 2012 champions Canada drawn with runners-up Australia, women's champions Germany will face hosts.

Lihong Zou of China wins the women's 800m T54 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

This weekend more than 200 athletes from 21 countries, including many world medallists will compete at the fifth Grand Prix of the year.

wheelchair rugby

The USA remains the only team undefeated while Denmark looked strong toward Rio qualification.

Paralympic gold medallist Liz Johnson

The British athlete has hung up her swimming goggles after winning medals at three consecutive Paralympic Games.

Maksym Veraksa

Find out more about one of the most popular sports on the Paralympic programme, which has been a part of the Games since 1960.

Woman riding a horse

One of the biggest competitions ahead of the Rio 2016 Games fields potential Paralympic podium finishers.

A taekwondo athlete kicks her female opponent

Iranian world champion Mahdi Pourrahnama bests Russia’s Vitalli Nazarenko for first win of season.

Daniel Dias of Brazil poses with his seven gold medal he won at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Multiple Paralympic and world champions Daniel Dias and Andre Brasil highlight the host team.

Brian McKeever

The 2015-16 season threw up some impressive displays across three World Cups.