PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Manuel Pozzerle competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.](/sites/default/files/images/150925084921911_pozzerle.jpg)
Snowboard season to reach climax in Trentino
Snowboarders from around the world will try and claim overall World Cup globes in banked slalom and snowboard-cross.
![Swimmer Keiichi Kimura of Japan carries the flag during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160315090605461_japan_0.jpg)
Sky PerfecTV! to launch dedicated Rio 2016 Paralympic channel
The Japanese broadcaster will provide around-the-clock coverage between 7-18 September.
Lysova secures overall biathlon World Cup
Ukraine’s Shyshkova also keeps hopes of a top three finish alive with win in Vuokatti, Finland.
![Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team](/sites/default/files/images/120617103022869_82839626.jpg)
Sport Week: Classification in wheelchair basketball
Before the athletes take the courts in Rio 2016, learn how they are assigned to their sport classes.
![A man wearing a navy shirt playing table tennis](/sites/default/files/images/160112104306634_will%2Bbayley%2Bmorten%2Bolsen.jpg)
British para-table tennis team named
Twelve will represent Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games.
![two men running, one with red clothes, one with a yellow t shirt saying guide](/sites/default/files/images/160512104845778_dfs.jpg)
Training Tuesday with US sprinter David Brown
The US world champion sprinter talks us through an average day at the US Olympic Training Centre.
![Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.](/sites/default/files/images/150330200214040_Veronika%2BVadovicova%2B2015%2BIPC%2BShooting%2BWorld%2BCup_0.jpg)
Vadovicova breaks world record at shooting World Cup
Ukraine’s Oleksii Densysiuk also continued his run of form with a win over European champion Korhan Yamac in Bangkok, Thailand.
![a male wearing black and a helmet racing in a wheelchair](/sites/default/files/images/160115111833668_Marcel%2BHug%2Bgetty.jpg)
Hug hungry for Paralympic gold after Doha disappointment
The Swiss wheelchair racer will start his 2016 season at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai
![Performers on stage during Gold Coast 2018 flag handover during the Closing Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, United Kingdom.](/sites/default/files/images/160311110432382_Commonwealth%2BGames.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018 to host largest Commonwealth para-sport programme
The Commonwealth Games in 2018 will feature 38 medal events across a record seven sports.
![Italian athletes Giacomo Poli and Federica Maspero.](/sites/default/files/images/160314112531671_grosseto%2BFede.jpg)
Poli and Maspero celebrate three months-to-go to Grosseto 2016
The IPC Athletics European Championships will take place between 10-16 June, attracting 700 athletes.