PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Russia football

The midfielder was oustanding in helping the Russian football 7-a-side team capture the world title.

Man in wheelchair poses in front of a wallpaper

Mullen, Simmonds, Long and Pascoe, target gold medals on the first day of Glasgow 2015 on Monday (13 July).

A picture of a woman on a podium with a medal around her neck

Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang also helped her team to a new world record in Osijek, Croatia, a Paralympic qualifier.

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.

Athletes from 48 countries – the most ever at a World Cup – will line-up for the first Paralympic qualifier of 2015.

Portrait pictures of two men with two company logos

The Japanese pay TV broadcaster will produce a number of documentaries following the journey of para-athletes ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

Ukrainian defending seven world titles at the 2015 IPC Swimming Worlds from 13 July.

Chloe Davies and Amy Marren

The youngster returned to the pool to mark 10 years since London won the right to stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A para-triathlete closes his eyes as he crosses the finish line and raises the finish line banner up in the air.

The German para-triathlete has dominated the men’s PT4 category, looks to show form ahead of World Finals.

London’s former Olympic Stadium

The IPC Athletics Grand Prix final will be held on Sunday 26 July.

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft on her way to a new 200m T34 world record in Nottwil, Switzerland in May 2014.

Unbeaten in seven years, here is what the world’s best T34 wheelchair racer does on an average day.