PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Stephen Miller, Ian Mirfin and Janice Eaglesham all awarded MBEs by Queen Elizabeth II.

Claudia Loesch competing in Vancouver

A brief update on the status of a number of IPC Alpine Skiing races scheduled for January.

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Sir Philip Craven looks ahead to 2016 and gives an insight into his expectations for the Rio 2016.

The Olympic Tennis Centre hosted the first competition in Barra Olympic Park.

New images of two main venue clusters illustrate strong construction progress after year in which test events began.

Happy Holidays 2014

Top 50 moments - No.1

Deal with NHK and Toyota underline the growth of interest in the Paralympic Movement ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Koji Murofushi meeting with local junior high school and high school students in Ishinomake.

WADA caught up with the Director of Sport for Tokyo 2020 and got his thoughts on the importance of clean sport.

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Venues built, test events staged, volunteers selected, torches unveiled, preconceptions challenged and much more... it’s been a busy 12 months for organisers of the Rio 2016 Games

Daoliang Hu (L) of China celebrates winning gold against Anton Datsko (R) of Ukraine during the Men's Individual Foil Category B final of the Wheelchair Fencing on day 6 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The year 2015 was action-packed for the world’s elite wheelchair fencers. Here are 10 things we learned about the sport over the past 12 months.

Sandra Paovic of Croatia

After the 2015 season, here are some lingering thoughts heading into the Games year.