PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Group picture of people dressed smart, standing and in wheelchairs

The Collection will tour New Zealand for 30 weeks and features portraits of the country’s top para-athletes.

Boat on the water with a broken mast

Australia battle through Mother Nature to lead way in SKUD18, sonar after six races.

Two men on a stage, shaking hands

The South Korean baseball star will help promote the Paralympic and Olympic Winter Games.

IPC Top 50 moments 2015 - No. 33

After three regional Championships and a Parapan American Games, athletes are clearly preparing well for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Maryna Cherniak of Ukraine (blue) and Eva Cseroviczki of Hungary (white) compete during the Women's Judo -48kg bronze medal match on day thirteen of the Baku 2015 European Games.

World No. 1 Inna Cherniak won the women’s under 57kg gold medal on day two of the IBSA European Judo Championships.

Competitors at the 2015 Para World Sailing Championships out of Williamstown's Royal Yacht Club of Victoria.

On home water Australian sailors continue to dominate.

Two men shaking hands after sponsorship deal

The housing, building company is the 15th Gold Partner of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Man in canoe in triumphant pose

After the recent awards garnered by Curtis McGrath, Amanda Reynolds and Susan Seipel, Australia are pushing hard toward Rio 2016 success.

One of two sit-ski courses for the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Tyumen, Russia

Check out the challenging courses biathletes and cross-country skiers from around the world will be facing from Wednesday (2 December) in Russia.

The crowd watches on as a powerlifter attempt a lift

Russia’s Vera Muratova and Petr Filatov and Poland’s Marzena Zieba highlighted the final day of competition in Eger, Hungary.