PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC President Sir Philip Craven was awarded the 10th Honorary Black Belt by the WTF President Chungwon Choue.

Sir Philip Craven was given the honour in recognition of his outstanding support for the sport of taekwondo

Man with medal around his neck standing on a podium

Sixteen swimmers will compete for honours in Funchal, Portugal, between 30 April-7 May.

Oleksii Denysiuk

The Ukrainian is preparing to make his Paralympic debut as one of the most exciting newcomers to the international shooting circuit.

Brazil's Felipe Gomes of Brazil celebrates winning the men's 200m T11 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The 200m T11 world champion talks us through his dedication, sacrifices and desires that are driving him towards the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

General view on a dancefloor where couples are dancing.

Around 120 athletes from 21 countries will compete in combi, duo and singles dances across standard, Latin American and freestyle events.

Wheelchair dance sport - Osipov and Ryzhkova of Russia

The Russian world champion puts on a show in her first IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport competition of the 2016 season.

Woman in the pool swimming breaststroke

World champion Aurelie Rivard and Canadian swimming legend Benoit Huot are amongst those nominated.

Ruyi Ye (L) of China on his way to winning gold against Yijun Chen (R) of China during the men's individual foil category A final of the wheelchair fencing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The Chinese team left with 25 medals, 11 that were gold.

A Dutch swimmers celebrates winning gold at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

Olivier van de Voort, Lisette Bruinsma and Chantalle Zijderveld were all in great form ahead of being named to the team for the upcoming Paralympic Games.

Three female archers posing

Nine quota places for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were assigned in total.