PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

The IPC has launched the official event websites for this season’s Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships.

Brian McKeever

Despite a lack of snow, cross-country skiers from Norway, Germany and Canada had top finishes at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

Germany ice sledge hockey

This week, take a minute to get to know Dutch-born ice sledge hockey player Bas Disveld, who is one of Germany’s leading forwards.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

The IPC has launched the official event websites for this season’s Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships.

A picture of a man skiing a biathlon

Canada and Norway each won two cross-country races on the third day of the 2012-13 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher with guide Charlotte Evans

BPA Performance Director Penny Briscoe will lead the British team into the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Lex Gillette

USA’s visually impaired sprinter and long jumper shares how staying in your lane isn’t just a concept that applies to athletes.

Jonnie Peacock

Doha will stage the last major gathering of international top athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

A picture of a man throwing a discuss

The 2013 US Paralympics athletics roster will be led by London Paralympic champions Jeremy Campbell, Raymond Martin, Tatyana McFadden and Shirley Reilly.

Jonnie Peacock

Doha will stage the last major gathering of international top athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.