Japanese skiers are the first to arrive in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, for the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships which open on 23 January.
Athletics
Colombian athlete was laid low for much of 2014 but is now fully recovered and keen to impress
Swimming
Fourteen athletes, including reigning world champions Jessica Long and Ian Silverman, make-up the A team for 2015.
Team for March’s event in the Netherlands features three reigning world champions.
Cycling
Opening of the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome marks six months until the Games begin.
Para Ice Hockey
Programmes in Italy, Norway and Croatia have resulted in the establishment of two new ice sledge hockey teams, regional development and increased public awareness.
America
Agreement means that bidding cities for the Pan American Games are also obliged to bid for the Parapan American Games as a “host city for both Games”.
Wheelchair Basketball
The President of the Gambian NPC hopes that the success of the festival will encourage regions to further develop para-sport.
Alpine Skiing
Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Matthias Lanzinger will race in super-combined, slalom and giant slalom races on home snow in Matrei.
Snowboard
Historic victories for American, Dutch, French and British riders at the para-snowboard World Cup in Aspen, USA.