PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Marcus Hartmann

Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships now open

Two wheelchair rugby players fight for the ball on the field of play

Assistant coach Torben Nygaard to take over as head coach from Thor Johansson who now moves into a more specialist role.

Women posing in front of mountains

From 1 December new roles were finalised for the IWAS team.

A female wheelchair racer leans forward in her chair wearing sunglasses

Erraid Davies, Sophie Thornhill and Jade Jones make the shortlist for 2014 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.

Argentina enter the arena lead by flag bearer Pablo Javier Robledo during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Inaugural national celebration of para-sport will see demonstrations and a commemorative award given to Tokyo 1964 medallists.

Some volunteers at the Swansea 2014 IPC Athletics World Championships pose for a photo.

Photographer Luc Percival believes that volunteers are integral to major sporting events and urges you to sign up for Rio 2016.

Patricia Valle

World champion Patricia Valle is amongst a series of swimmers to break Americas records and seal multiple victories at the Mexican Open in Solidaridad.

Women on cross country ski in action on the track

Ukrainian world champion Nordic Skier Iryna Bui has revealed that she has been working on her mental prowess before the start of the 2014-15 IPC Nordic Skiing season.

A young Ugandan tries out shot-put

Over 200 participants took part in 19 different para-sports.

Women wearing a headscarf looks surprised and happy in front of a Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games banner

Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani and China’s Lin Furong were two of the winners at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi, UAE.