PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Cindy Ouellet

Find out who made Canada’s squad for when they host the 2014 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

Simone Briese-Baetke of Germany wins Silver during her Womens Epee Category B on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Germany's Simone Briese-Baetke will approach the first major wheelchair fencing event of 2014 with steely determination in her home country.

Russia's ice sledge hockey team

Russia defeated Sweden and Norway beat the Czech Republic at the International Sledge Hockey Tournament.

Yannick Bourseaux

Find out why the French athlete – still in search of his first Paralympic medal – chose not to participate in the Sochi 2014 Games.

Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans in action in La Molina

German sit-skier Schaffelhuber wins four from four, whilst Gallagher and Bochet secure third wins.

Palestinian Paralympic Committee President Akram Okkeh sadly passed away on Saturday 11 January 2014

The IPC has learned that the Palestinian Paralympic Committee President Akram Okkeh sadly passed away on Saturday 11 January 2014.

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Anna Schaffelhuber at the IPC Alpine World Cup in Panorama, Canada

Brits Gallagher and Evans also secure second victory in successive days

Italian ice sledge hockey team

Find out why Italy are going into the Sochi 2014 Paralympics with little to lose as the seventh-ranked team.

Gordon Reid

Great Britain’s Gordon Reid becomes the first British player to win a men’s Super Series wheelchair tennis title, whilst team-mate Lucy Shuker wins the women’s doubles title in Sydney.