PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Vanessa Low long jump 2014 Athletics Grand Prix Berlin

German confident of success at August’s IPC Athletics European Championships

Three wheelchair basketball players fight for the ball

The quater finalists will go head-to-head on Saturday in the IWBF men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair screaming after her victory in an athletics race

Retired Paralympic and Olympic athletes incuded on selection panel.

Wheelchair basketball player doing s free shot

The European champions are the only unbeaten side left as the 2014 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships reaches the quarter finals.

Two female cyclists in black racing suits on a tandem, competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Dale MacDonald appointed National Development Co-ordinator

Three wheelchair basketball players fight for the ball

Reigning Champions Australia, Great Britain and Spain all maintain their unbeaten records as the second group phase reaches its penultimate stage.

Matt Skelhon

The only thing missing from Great Britain’s Matt Skelhon’s trophy cabinet is a world title and he heads to the 2014 IPC Shooting Worlds targeting not one but two gold medals.

Classification assessment

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) invites feedback on the first draft of a new Classification Code, due for publication in 2017.

Jessica Long at Montreal 2013

Paralympic gold medallists Jessica Long and Brad Synder will compete in the largest team the USA has sent to a major international event.

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Paralympians and newcomers make up Irish swimmers hopeful of podium finishes at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 4-10 August.