PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ice sledge hockey Canada

The USA win 3-2 against Russia in a replay of the Sochi 2014 final, and Canada beat South Korea in an 8-0 rout in Leduc, Canada.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Event on 5 March is an opportunity to try various Paralympic sports.

France's Benjamin Daviet helped to secure victory over world champions Russia at Cable 2015.

Benjamin Daviet, Anthony Chalencon, Lucas Duperrex and Thomas Clarion beat the reigning open relay world champions at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Austria and Finland go head-to-head in January 2015's playoff to decide which team progresses to the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

In a match both teams could have won, Austria came from one goal down to secure the deciding win.

Marta Zaynullina, Russia pushes on

The cross-country relays will round-off the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin, USA on Sunday (1 February).

The USA's Andrew Soule won an historic five golds medals at Cable 2015

Germany’s Andrea Eskau completed a trio of cross-country victories and Oleksandra Kononova completed her clean sweep of six golds.

Athlete practicing para-canoe

There will be three men’s and three women’s events in kayak when the sport makes its Paralympic debut.

a male Para ice hockey player

Sunday’s (1 February) game will feature a replay of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games gold medal match between the USA and Russia.

The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen poses her with her trophy after winning her women's wheelchair singles final against Japan's Yui Kamiji at the Australian Open 2015 Wheelchair Championships.

Jiske Griffioen claimed her first ever singles Grand Slam title on Saturday (31 January) with victory over world No.1 Yui Kamiji.

Spanish wheelchair basketball team

Twelve men’s and seven women’s teams will compete this summer in Worcester, Great Britain.