PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ernst van Dyk

World champion handcyclist is shortlisted on Sunday for Sports Star of the Year and Sportsman of the Year with a Disability at the SA Sport Awards.

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Canada beat arch rivals USA in overtime in the semi-finals of the World Championships.

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

New mascots, world titles, major announcements and awards all feature in this week’s top six stories.

Picture of a female wheelchair rugby player fighting for the ball.

The IPC’s No. 33 Moment of 2014 highlights how upskilling women is inspiring for the next generation of female athletes and leaders.

David Wagner

Third day of action decided the quads final and determined which players made it through to the semi-finals in the men's and women's competition.

Skier in a sit-ski racing down a slope.

Para-alpine skiing events are organised in three categories: sitting, standing and visually impaired.

Sir Philip Craven

Sir Philip Craven has been named "Innovator of the Year" by SportsBusiness International

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.

Kunieda, Griffioen and Whiley all progressed to the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters semi-finals with wins on Thursday.

Wearing blue lycra outfits, two men lie in their handcycles on an open road with hills in the background.

Ahead of the 2015 season, 17 Belgian athletes have enjoyed a week long training camp in Lanzarote.

Marcel Hug powers to victory in the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

IPC Athletics has announced the biggest year ever of events for para-athletics in the year before Rio 2016