PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Anti-Doping London image

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Polish Ice Sledge Hockey player Piotr Truszkowski has been suspended for one year for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair during a wheelchair race

Wheelchair racers such as Richard Colman, Michelle Stilwell and Christie Dawes will compete in a unique two-team pursuit on the track.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing a forehand in a tennis match

Nominees for January’s IPC Athlete of the Month include: Henrieta Farkasova, Kozo Kubo, Shingo Kunieda, Evan Strong and Aniek van Koot.

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

IPC Shooting aims to increase the competitiveness for athletes and attractiveness for spectators by introducing new rule changes for 2013.

Sylwester Flis

Poland’s player-coach Sylwester Flis, who was MVP at the Salt Lake 2002 Games, will leave the sport to have surgery.

A picture of a group portrait

The Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands will all try to qualify for the wheelchair rugby European Championships.

A picture of a stopwatch posting 400 days to go to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

With 400 days to go until the Sochi 2014 Games, here’s a brief tour of the Paralympic winter venues.

Copper Box

Cairo, Egypt will host the 2013 IBSA Goalball African Regional Championships in October.

Pavel Kubes

Czech defenseman Pavel Kubes will limit himself on social media this season so he can focus purely on the upcoming ice sledge hockey World Championships.

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

IPC Shooting aims to increase the competitiveness for athletes and attractiveness for spectators by introducing new rule changes for 2013.