PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Japan v New Zealand at 2014 IWRF World Championships Odense

Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.

Two women and one man in dressage uniforms standing on the medals podium.

Paralympic bronze medallist Hosmar part of Dutch team for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014.

Mandy Francois-Elie winning the 100m T37 in Lyon 2013

IPC blogger and the USA’s wheelchair rugby star, Chuck Aoki, wants to see every medal awarded to athletes in team sports to count towards the medal tally at major competitions.

USA player pushes past a Japanese player

Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

A group of four players in wheelchairs - two per side - fight for the ball during a wheelchair rugby match.

With a special trophy given, a new online vote will allow fans to decide on who they feel was the best player at the 2014 IWRF World Championships

A picture of a woman standing with a silver medal around her neck

Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Dressed in green and seated in a wheelchair, a player looks on as another lies face down with his wheel broken from his chair.

The big four of USA, Australia, Canada and Japan all got thier world title bids off to a good start on Tuesday in Odense, Denmark.

A picture of a man swimming

U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil

Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.

British swimmer Stephanie Slater comes up for a breath of air.

Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.