PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Inge Huitzing

Two-time Paralympian Inge Huitzing believes the Netherlands have what it takes to retain their European wheelchair basketball title this summer.

Group shot of athletes and officials in a swim stadium

Forty swimmers, including Paralympic medallists Benoit Huot, Aurelie Rivard and Adam Purdy, have been nominated to compete for the hosts of the 2015 Parapan American Games.

Tucker Dupree

US swimmers take their total regional record haul to 10 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

Brazil’s Paralympic footballers

Seven-a-side team say they have the skill and flair to overcome Russia and Ukraine, who have dominated the sport in recent years

Ireland's Brown/Shaw Tandem

Six strong team features current and former world champions for the event in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.

Toronto 2015 emblem

The event will feature 1,600 athletes from 28 sports competing in 15 sports between 7-15 August.

Man with helmet and red jersey

Players from South Korea, Sweden and Austria received tournament honours at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Sophie Hahn has three Superheros: Jess Ennis, Hannah Cockroft and Richard Whitehead.

British teenage sprint sensation tells us which three people she looks up to.

Women in sit ski

Final races of the season in Surnadal, Norway, brought the curtain down on the 2014/2015 IPC Nordic Skiing season.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and hands above the surface

The US champion is the first para-swimmer to set a world record in the pool that will stage August’s Parapan American Games.