PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a male Para ice hockey player

Sunday’s (1 February) game will feature a replay of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games gold medal match between the USA and Russia.

The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen poses her with her trophy after winning her women's wheelchair singles final against Japan's Yui Kamiji at the Australian Open 2015 Wheelchair Championships.

Jiske Griffioen claimed her first ever singles Grand Slam title on Saturday (31 January) with victory over world No.1 Yui Kamiji.

Spanish wheelchair basketball team

Twelve men’s and seven women’s teams will compete this summer in Worcester, Great Britain.

The IPC has decided that 22 sports will make up the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports programme.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo included for the first time.

Canada's Chris Klebl won the men's middle distance cross-country sitting at Sochi 2014.

The last individual events at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, will take place on Saturday (31 January).

Austria and Finland go head-to-head in January 2015's playoff to decide which team progresses to the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Both sides won one game each on Saturday in the three-match playoff to decide which side takes the final berth at March’s IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

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Seven teams will compete in Malmö, Sweden, with the three best winning promotion to division B.

Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova won golds in biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Nordic skiing Worlds.

A schedule change has also been confirmed for Saturday (31 January) and Sunday (1 February) at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Under water shot, leads the pack

IPC Swimming has published the Minimum Qualification Standards which sit alongside key qualifiers at the 2015 Worlds in Glasgow and other competitions.

Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh was successful in the men's long distance biathlon standing at Cable 2015.

France, Russia, Finland and the USA also claim their latest medals in the long distance biathlon races at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships on Friday (30 January).