PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

 USA women's wheelchair basketball team

The athletes will now prepare for this August’s Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games in Canada.

Kate Horan of New Zealand

New Zealand Paralympian breaks near 12-year-old world record for the flying 200m.

Markus Swoboda of Austria

Austria’s Markus Swoboda has won every world title since 2010 and hopes further success this year will qualify him for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.

The 24-year-old Australian will take on the USA’s David Wagner in his first Grand Slam final.

Two skiers behind each other on the slope

Over 70 athletes from 16 countries will compete in one of the last high-level races before the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Two men in chairs smiling to the camera

Andrew Parsons, who is also the IPC’s Vice President, met with George Hilton on Wednesday (28 January).

Great Britain at the U22 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships

Worcester Cathedral will stage the event on Friday 30 January as 20 teams start their preparations for Rio 2016 qualification.

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The IBSA organised meeting aimed develop the components of a sport specific classification system under the new IPC Classification Code.

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BWF President gives his reaction to para-badminton’s inclusion in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ahead of Saturday's meeting to decide the final sports.

France's Stephane Houdet, left, defeated Shingo Kunieda for the 2013 Roland Garros men's singles titles, and just hours later partnered with him to win the doubles title.

Frenchman who came within two points of winning five years ago hopes to beat the Japanese world No.1 in Saturday’s Australian Open final.