PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Thomas Pfyl

With the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships ahead, Switzerland’s Thomas Pfyl has poise on the slopes, backed up by a top coach and polished technique.

Russia's Nadezda Andreeva arrives at Heathrow airport ahead of London 2012 Paralympic Games

After two events, Russia is dominating the biathlon rankings ahead of the Sochi 2012-2013 World Cup Finals, which will also be a Paralympic Games Test Event.

Kurt Fearnley

Fearnley's speech broadcast live to the whole of Australia

Bibian Mentel-Spee

The world’s top para-snowboarders will meet in Sochi in March, for the first ever Paralympic test event in the discipline.

Ozzie Sawicki

Accomplished coach and sport leader Ozzie Sawicki will be Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Games.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair racing during an athletics event

Paralympian's 2013 Australia Day Address in full - a must read - a huge speech from a huge character.

Aled Davies

The Daily Telegraph’s sports reporter Gareth A Davies takes time to reflect on what the London 2012 Games meant to the Paralympic Movement.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing a forehand in a tennis match

The Australian Open draw put London 2012 gold medallist Shingo Kunieda against defending tournament champion Maikel Scheffers.

A picture of a two men in sledges playing ice hockey

Greg Westlake and Karl Ludwig both recorded hat trick’s in Canada’s 7-1 win against Norway in the final game of their exhibition series.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Thomas Jacobsen, former captain of Norway’s ice sledge hockey team, is now trying to qualify for Sochi 2014 in alpine skiing.