PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Three men behind a table present the logo for the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships.

The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships will be held in Italy between 10-16 June 2016.

A group of female blade runners sprinting down the 100m straight.

The Italian athlete had a record-breaking month, resetting her own marks in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

shooter holding gun

The 72-year-old Australian is not hanging up her rifle just yet as she aims for Rio 2016.

Javier Conde celebrating his Marathon at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

The five-time Paralympian will team up with other Spanish sports figures to work on projects to support young people in difficult environments.

Dutch Paralympic, world and European champion and world record holder, Marlou van Rhijn, gives an insight into her three heroes.

Find out who inspires the Dutch Paralympic, world and European champion, and world record holder, to be the best.

The IPC Governing Board met in Tokyo, Japan

The Board approved the athlete and medal event quotas for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Five young men run on an athletics track next to each other

City of Ancona wins bid to host World Championships in 11-13 March 2016.

Martina Caironi, winces,

Changes to her training and lifestyle have led to a great start to the season for the Italian world and Paralympic champion, which she hopes to continue at the Grosseto Grand Prix.

Seven people tried ice sledge hockey at a demonstration event organised by the Croatian NPC in December 2014.

With help from the Ottobock Equipment Loaner Programme, the development of the sport in Croatia continues at a pace.

Representatives of the Argentina National Paralympic Committe took part in the OCP and GSP.

The Paralympic Movement in Argentina has been fundamentally changed with the support of the Agitos Foundation and National Paralympic Committee.