PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

China women's sitting volleyball team

Friday's semi-finals World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships conclude with wins for USA and China in the women's competition, whilst Brazil and Bosnia and Herzegovina make the men's final.

Women and men in dress and suit both hold an award and smile to the camera

Over 30 of Swansea's young ambassadors have signed up to become volunteers at the IPC Athletics European Championships being held in the city in August.

Three swimmers in their team dresses on the podium wearing medals, putting their arms around each other

Federico Morlacchi will head to the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships with one thing on his mind - beating double Paralympic champion Tamas Sors.

Tracey Ferguson

Canadian is looking to benefit from playing on home soil in the upcoming 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships on 20-28 June

Romain Noble

When they took to the piste in Strasbourg, France, the top-ranked wheelchair fencers did not disappoint.

Bosnia men's sitting volleyball team

Paralympic champions Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Iran and Russia remain unbeaten in the men's Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Poland.

UNIQLO and the International Tennis Federation have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for the ITF’s major wheelchair tennis properties.

UNIQLO and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) jointly announced that they have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for the ITF’s major wheelchair tennis properties.

Women in wheelchair smiling, poses surrounded by two men in suits who perch next to he

To mark Germany’s National Diversity Day (3 June), Allianz invited students with an impairment from various universities to job shadow executive managers at Allianz SE in Munich.

Markus Rehm, single leg amputee extends his legs over the long jump pit

Around 570 athletes from 34 countries will be compete in Berlin over three days of thrilling competition.

Walid Ktila

Mixed fortunues for Tunisian athletes on home soil at seventh IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season.