PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon snowboards down the course at Sochi 2014.

The French snowboard world champion had to put back her training schedule but feels ready to take on the World Cup circuit once again.

USA men's wheelchair basketball team

The 2015 Kitakyushu Champions Cup between 11 and 15 November will feature the USA, Great Britain, Korea and the host nation.

USA wheelchair tennis

The US wheelchair tennis players beat Jamie Burdekin and Andy Lapthorne to win the quad doubles title for the ninth time.

Members of the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee gathered to start 2015 with greater focus.

Yeo started his role on Monday 9 November.

Man and woman congradulate each other.

The 2015 World Archery Asian Para Championships get underway in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday (10 November).

Graphic showing a picture of a signed

The name, which is a plant local to the island of Madeira used to make sweet treats, received 51 per cent of the public vote.

Man in wheelchair points at something, shows something to a man and woman.

Toshiaki Endo visited the Paralympic Movement’s birthplace to learn more ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Oksana Masters, USA musters all her strength and rides in to Bronze medal position

US Paralympic rowing and Nordic skiing medallist visits the country where she was orphaned and meets children, injured soldiers and the US Ambassador.

Abdulla Sultan Alaryani of The United Arab Emirates competes during the Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final

The United Arab Emirates and South Korea both set new team world bests in Fort Benning, USA.