PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Hannah Russell of Great Britain competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Matt Wylie, Hannah Russell lowered their respective 50m British records, making a push for Rio 2016 selection.

Hong Kong’s Paralympic Day

Hong Kong’s Paralympic Day will be held on the 100-days-to-go mark from Rio 2016.

Man rowing

Blake Haxton and Jacqui Kapinowski will represent the USA in Rio after their success in the Team Trials.

Archery - Fact of the week

Find out more about the sport that paved the way for the Paralympic Games.

Emanuel Goncalves

The S10 swimmer is hoping to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in front of his home crowds.

Melissa Tapper

Daniela Di Toro and Melissa Tapper headline Australis’s five-strong table tennis team for September’s Paralympics.

Two blindfolded football players fight for the ball

IBSA has confirmed that Germany’s capital city will held the Euros, from 17-27 August 2017.

A shot of the upper half of two women holding two Paralympic gold medals

Ramona and Carmen are hoping to excel hand in hand once again, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon

Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon Moreno have a special friendship outside the pool as well as an ongoing rivalry in it.

Aerial view of a big stadium in a city

The competition will take place in one of Rio’s iconic, cultural venues.