PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

New venues, test events, ticket sales are just some of the milestones coming up for the organisers of South America’s first Paralympic Games

Two skiers behind each other on the slope

Big name athletes including France’s Marie Bochet and Canadian Mac Marcoux will begin their World Cup campaign with just over 50 days to go until the 2015 Worlds.

Joany Badenhorst on a snowboard at a snowboard-cross event.

Doctors told Australian snowboarder Joany Badenhorst that it would take her 18 months to recover from a last-minute crash that ruled her out of contention at Sochi 2014.

The 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships' mascot will be a lumberjack named Tim Burr.

The talisman of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships is named as Tim Burr.

Two runners cross the finish line in a stadium

British visually impaired sprinter targets PBs and podium finishes.

Marie Bochet skiing past a gate

French para-alpine skiing star looking forward to returning to the slopes where she won five world titles in 2013.

Two swimmers smile at each other after competing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

To start 2015 we look ahead to some of the key battles that could highlight the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Safet Alibasic strikes the ball as Bosnia & Herzegovina beat Egypt at London 2012.

Now Paralympic and world champion is hoping to retain the European title this year.

Sydney Collier and her service dog Journey receive the 2014 FEI Against All Odds award.

The para-equestrian dressage rider tells all about her award winning service dog Journey.

Men in wheelchairs with a big championships trophy

“The Steelers” have been shortlisted for team of the year at the inaugural ASPAs which will be presented in February 2015.