PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The entire Russian ice sledge hockey team poses with their medals on the ice facing the camera.

The host nation won ice sledge hockey silver in their Paralympic Winter Games debut.

Bibian Mentel-Spee

Video produced by RTV for Allianz recognised at WorldMediaFestival

Nigel Murray

The top boccia athletes in the world will compete in Canada this week in the first international tournament of 2014.

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium

With one month to go until the Italian leg of the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix, organisers have announced that students will get to meet their national heroes.

Dariusz Pender

Some of the world’s top-ranked athletes will bout for five days at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing a backhand during a wheelchair tennis match

Men’s, women’s and quad singles events will be contested at the second Super Series event on the 2014 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

Bank Ki-moon stood behind a podium addressing the IOC session.

Speaking at an event in New York, Ban Ki-moon said IPC has done a tremendous job

Two NPC Iran officials and reporter Ned Boulting hold up a framed award.

The British writer recently met with Iranian para-athletes and officials for a book he is putting together.

Two boccia player sit in the wheelchairs with their medals around their neck.

The Canadian is looking to climb the BC4 boccia world rankings on his home soil this week.

Lithuania's men's goalball team

Lithuania and Algeria’s men’s goalball teams are looking good heading into this year’s IBSA Goalball World Championships.