PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Beatrice Vio

There were few surprises as the year’s in-form athletes took titles at the final event of the year – the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong.

David Wagner

American and Japanese duo finish 2014 atop the wheelchair tennis world rankings.

Marguerite Christophers has been appointed Paralympics New Zealand Classificiation Manager from 1 January 2015.

In response to dramatic growth of High Performance Programme, PNZ has appointed Marguerite Christophers

No 8 Rehm smashing world record

German T44 long jumper Markus Rehm beat able-bodied athletes to become German national champion and set a new para-athletics world record.

Happy Holidays 2014

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft on her way to a new 200m T34 world record in Nottwil, Switzerland in May 2014.

British wheelchair racing ace is hoping to win the 100m, 200m and 800m T34 at October’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Melissa Tapper

Six athletes and one coach from para-table tennis have been shortlisted for the awards which will be presented on 7 January 2015

Canada's wheelchair curling team

The event will be one of four major events Scotland will stage between 2016 and 2020.

Football player on field of play waits for the ball to be passed

After finishing runners-up at this summer’s European Championships, the free-scoring Dutch team now aim to make it to the Paralympic Games.

No 10 Japanese wheelchair tennis success

Kunieda and Kamiji finished the year as World No. 1’s in the men’s and women’s singles but also enjoyed great success in the doubles too.