PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The british doubles team (Shuker/Whiley) plays at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Australian Open and Roland Garros champion Jordanne Whiley is among three Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Performance Programme set to contest the wheelchair tennis doubles event at Wimbledon this year after the British No. 1 and British No.2 Lucy Shuker gained direct entry for the women’s doubles with their respective partners.

Eindhoven's Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium

Media can now apply to cover the biggest para-swimming event in Europe in 2014

Group shot of men in women in room with blue floor anr white walls.

IPC Athletics, the global governing body of para-athletics, has launched its Education Pathways Programme which aims to improve the standards of classifiers, technical officials and coaches within the sport.

Athlete holding a rifle while practicing shooting.

Interested media can now apply to cover the biggest para-shooting event in 2014

A man's upper body in front of a skyline with skyscrapers in the background. He is holding a silver statue to the camera, smiling

The 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards, the premier honours event in the international sporting calendar, is to be held in Shanghai, China.

A picture of a two man cycling wit the same bicycle

Australia’s para-cycling selections for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be headlined by seven-time Paralympian Kieran Modra and his pilot 2010 Commonwealth team sprint champion Jason Niblett.

Veronika Vadovicova 2014

Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova claimed three gold medals at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA, whilst Great Britain claimed an impressive nine medals in total.

Scott Reardon and Heinrich Popow

Australia’s Scott Reardon is relishing the prospect of racing Heinrich Popow in Berlin next weekend (20-22 June) for the first time since they tied for gold at last year’s World Championships, and believes that eventually either he or his German rival will smash the 12 second barrier for the 100m T42.

The Irish runner Jason Smyth competes in the men's 100m - T13 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

After making the Northern Ireland team for Glasgow 2014, the world's fastest Paralympian could now face the world's fastest Olympian.

Woman in wheelchair on a tennis court returning a shot.

The two world No.1's won both singles titles in Paris, whilst Kamiji also claimed the women's double to cap a memorable tournament.