PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Men in suits in a conversation with two women in wheelchairs

The Asian Para Games will take place in Incheon, Korea, between 18-24 October.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forhand during a wheelchair tennis match.

Dutch wheelchair tennis ace launches biography ‘Fierce and Vulnerable’

Korean judoka Gwang-Geun Choi

With three World Championships taking place, September 2014 is set to be another bumper month of para-sport.

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

August 2014 was another amazing month of para-sport, with nine major Championships taking place

A picture of a man skiing

Cyclists, swimmers and representatives of Spanish para-sport also set to receive gold silver and bronze medals through the Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit.

Germany's Andrea Eskau recevies her gold medal after winning the women's H4 road race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Brands Hatch.

Saturday's 12 time trial world titles in Greenville, USA, were spread across nine countries with Germany and USA winning two apiece.

A picture of men ready to swim

The World Triathlon Grand Finals took place in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday 30 August.

Mariann Marthinsen

At the 2015 Worlds, Norwegian cross-country Paralympic champion Mariann Marthinsen is looking to seal the gold medal that equipment failure led her to miss-out on.

Tennis match between David Cameron and Boris Johnson at IPD

International Paralympic Day started in Bonn, Germany, in 2003 and has since taken in capital cities such as Berlin and London raising the profile of para-sport.

Allison Jones Performing

Whilst USA won four golds at the UCI World Championships, there were also wins for Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and Ukraine.