PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A group of five men, three blindfolded and wearing football shirts, jump up and hug in celebration

A 1-0 win over arch-rivals Argentina means Brazil have now won four world titles in the last 16 years.

Hannah Cockroft lighting the heritage flame in a metal sphere

• The IPC’s Top 50 Moments of 2014 continue with British Paralympian Hannah Cockroft’s involvement in the first ever international leg of the Paralympic Torch Relay.

Two women in wheelchairs on a tennis court hold a trophy and smile to the camera.

Shock on the first day of the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, as Japan’s defending champion Yui Kamiji slips to defeat in the opening game

Sledge hockey players on the ice in action

Norway take a double win, but a victory for Sweden gives them their own edge in the overall standings.

A picture of a Wheelchair Fencer celebrating her victory

Zsuzsanna Krajnyak was the star of the show as Hungary excelled on home soil in Eger, winning four titles.

No. 36 Beatrice Vio fences to gold after studious hiatus

Having concentrated on schoolwork rather than wheelchair fencing in early 2014, Italian prodigy Beatrice Vio returned to win two titles at the European Championships.

Logo NPC Republic of Korea

Six South Korean para-cyclists took part in the final stretch of the tour, which covered 15,000km in a bid to promote Korean reunification.

IPC President Sir Philip Craven with Croatian Paralympic President Ratko Kovacic at the 50th anniversary of para sport in Croatia.

The project, which was started in 2013, aims to develop sport for people with impairments, and has now been nominated for the ESA Best of Europe award

A picture of a man skiing

Norway’s reigning world champion Nils-Erik Ulset on the threat of Russia’s Azat Karachurin and Canadian Mark Arendz.

Sir Philip Craven speaking on stage

IPC President laid the foundation stone for a new Indian Para-Sports Academy on Tuesday (24 November).