PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Vadovicova wins gold at Alicante 2013

Double European champion Veronika Vadovicova has revealed that despite a knee injury, she feels on track to win her first ever world title.

Sergey Malyshev of Russia, wearing glasses, a visor and ear protection shoots his Mixed P3-25m Pistol at an indoor range at The Royal Artillery Barracks

After an exciting first day, more of the sport's top stars start their world title campaigns on Sunday (20 June) in Suhl, Germany.

Joachim Gerard

Top four seeds in the men’s, women’s and quad singles all make the semi-finals in Nottingham

Jonas Jacobsson - London 2012

Multiple Paralympic and world champion Jonas Jacobsson has been shooting for over thirty years and gives his reflections on the progress of the sport ahead of the start of competition at the biggest ever IPC Shooting World Championships.

Two men in skiing suits waving flower bouquets. They both stand on a podium in the snow

US Paralympics has announced that 19 athletes have been nominated to the 2014-15 U.S. Paralympics alpine skiing national team.

Roman Petushkov

Six-time Sochi 2014 gold medallist is the 2014 winner of the Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC Disabled Athlete Award.

People in suits with construction helmets stand behind a banner in front of a construction area

The Gangneung Coastal Cluster will host ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Good As Gold - IPC Athletics Swansea 2014 Official Song

Children from across the city of Swansea have provided the inspirational words for the official Swansea 2014 song, released to mark one month until the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships begin.

Women in a shooting range targeting

Minna Leinonen has a medal from all major internationals, including a gold from Athens 2004, but is yet to win a World title and is lining up at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships to set that record straight.

A picture of a woman swimming

Paralympic gold medallist Jessica-Jane Applegate will be amongst 12 London 2012 medallists who will return to compete in home water for the first time since the London Games on Saturday 30 August as part of National Paralympic Day in Great Britain.