PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Tracey Ferguson #12 of Team Canada puts up a two pointer in Semi Final action against Team Netherlands at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Toronto, Canada.](/sites/default/files/images/140628122855667_14523466155_d66f348f2b_o.jpg)
Sport Week: History of wheelchair basketball
Look back at the sport’s history in the Paralympic Games.
![Competitors raise their pistols during the Mixed P4-50m Pistol-SH1 competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/160317101643110_shooting%2B2.jpg)
Ukraine do podium triple at shooting World Cup
Irina Liakhu secured gold and there were two more bronze medals for Ukrainian shooters in Bangkok, Thailand.
![Fiona Southorn, Jono Hailstone, Kate Horan at 2014 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Mexico.](/sites/default/files/images/150526121826538_Fiona%2BSouthorn%2BJono%2BHailstone%2Band%2BKate%2BHoran_0.jpg)
New Zealand names cycling track worlds team
Defending world and Paralympic champions will go for more in the 2016 Para-Cycling Track World Championships.
![Daniel Dias of Brazil poses with his seven gold medal he won at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.](/sites/default/files/images/160317090344533_daniel%2Bdias%2B2.jpg)
Brazilian Paralympic Committee launches new campaign towards Rio 2016
Daniel Dias, arguably the world’s best Paralympic swimmers, is one of the stars of the campaign which emphasises the warrior spirit of Paralympians.
![Man with prosthetic leg jumping in a stadium](/sites/default/files/images/140708113316419_120831_202050_mh2_8496.jpg)
Long jump world champion Yamamoto prepares for Dubai Grand Prix
The Japanese long jumper dislikes sand and never trains for the event, but is the man to beat in the T42 class as Rio 2016 approaches.
Bye looks forward to cross-country marathon
Norway’s overall cross-country World Cup winner in the men’s visually impaired from last season is excited about the race in Finland on Saturday (19 March).
![Miroslav Haraus](/sites/default/files/images/151028104504618_MiroslavHaraus_getty.jpg)
Slovakians win two out of three men’s races at Europa Cup Finals
Miroslav Haraus and Martin France were victorious on the Swiss slopes as skiers competed in the super combined.
![Matti Suur-Hamari took the victory in the men's SB-LL2 snowboard-cross race at the La Molina 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/150226160710203_150224_LAMOLINA_IPC_2015_SUUR__1.jpg)
Vos, Suur-Hamari secure snowboard-cross World Cups
The pair win their races to decide the final rankings in Trentino, Italy.
Masters strengthens World Cup lead in Vuokatti
With two races to go skiers have been grabbing some of the final points available in cross-country skiing in Finland.
![Grigory Murygin](/sites/default/files/images/131008112723196_Murygin%2BEDIT_0.jpg)
Murygin, Polukhin win overall biathlon World Cups
Russian skiers made sure of a clean sweep in the final rankings in Vuokatti, Finland.