PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC Honorary Board Member and Russian opera singer Maria Guleghina performing during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

One year on from the best Winter Paralympics ever, world renowned soprano opera singer and IPC Honorary Board member Maria Guleghina gives her views on what it was like to be involved in the Games.

Chad Perris runs in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Ambulant 100m heats during the Queensland Track Classic.

The first IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Australia attracted more than 100 athletes.

The Alpensia Resort is seen from above on February 10, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The report is blueprint for staging a carbon responsible Winter Games in 2018

All games from the 2015 World Championships B-Pool in Ostersund, Sweden, will be streamed live

All competitions from the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Worlds B-Pool between 15-21 March will be streamed live at sports.livearena.com.

Matt Stutzman competes at London 2012

The “Armless Archer” is hoping success at Toronto 2015 and the World Championships will secure his place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Emblem for IBSA Goalball European Championships

The event will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, between 5-12 July and will act as a qualifer for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Katie Holloway

The star US sitting volleyball player hopes a successful Parapan American Games will give the team the confidence they need to beat China at Rio 2016.

Group shot

The initiative aims to support sports development activities for persons with an impairment around the world ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Will Bayley

Reigning world champion Will Bayley will start the season at the National Championships in Bristol before heading to Italy for the Lignano Master Open.

Henry Wohler

Wohler was interim President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee from January to November 2006 and Chef de Mission for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Paralympics