PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ellie Simmonds

In Eindhoven, stars such as Ellie Simmonds and Ollie Hynd will be joined by up-and-coming Steph Slater and Amy Marren.

German wheelchair tennis player Sabine Ellerbrock

The world’s top-ranked players Sabine Ellerbrock and Shingo Kunieda will both try to contest Roland Garros titles in June.

Canada's wheelchair curling team

Nominees for the honour include: Russia and USA’s ice sledge hockey teams, Canada’s wheelchair curling team and Nordic relay squads from Russia and Sweden.

British swimmer Stephanie Slater comes up for a breath of air.

Find out which British swimmers clocked qualifying times for this year’s IPC Swimming European Championships.

Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair racer, crosses the Boston Marathon finish line

Tatyana McFadden and Ernst Van Dyk won their second and 10th Boston Marathon victories, respectively.

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Around 15,000 tickets are available for the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea this August.

Russian ice sledge hockey player Dmitry Lisov takes his silver medal in stride on the ice at the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

We learned a lot about ice sledge hockey’s player personalities at Sochi 2014, so take a minute to reflect and find out who you are most similar to.

Jose Roberto Ferreira de Oliveira (L) and Filippe Santos Silvestre of Brazil dive in front of the goal during the Men's Group A Goalball match between Finland and Brazil on day 1 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

As part of The Road TO2015: Agitos Foundation Sessions workshops will take place in Brazil to improve the standard of coaching and classification in the Americas.

A group of 2.4mR boats lined up in a row

All London 2012 medallists from the sonar event will take part in the ISAF Sailing World Cup on the French Riviera.

Marie Bochet skiing past a gate

The 20-year-old won gold in four out of her five alpine skiing events at the Paralympic Winter Games.