PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Marie Bochet

France’s four-time Paralympic champion sends a clear message to German Sochi slalom gold medallist Andrea Rothfuss at first World Cup of 2014-15.

The winners of the 2014 ITTF Star Awards.

In Dubai, UAE, Alvaro Valera and Sandra Paovic were named the male and female para-table tennis stars for 2014.

Dartanyon Crockett

In 2014, 271 Paralympic places were decided for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in 10 sports.

Mandy Francois-Elie winning the 100m T37 in Lyon 2013

With the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games next year, here are 10 players to keep an eye out for in wheelchair rugby.

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

New venues, test events, ticket sales are just some of the milestones coming up for the organisers of South America’s first Paralympic Games

Two skiers behind each other on the slope

Big name athletes including France’s Marie Bochet and Canadian Mac Marcoux will begin their World Cup campaign with just over 50 days to go until the 2015 Worlds.

Joany Badenhorst on a snowboard at a snowboard-cross event.

Doctors told Australian snowboarder Joany Badenhorst that it would take her 18 months to recover from a last-minute crash that ruled her out of contention at Sochi 2014.

The 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships' mascot will be a lumberjack named Tim Burr.

The talisman of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships is named as Tim Burr.

Two runners cross the finish line in a stadium

British visually impaired sprinter targets PBs and podium finishes.

Marie Bochet skiing past a gate

French para-alpine skiing star looking forward to returning to the slopes where she won five world titles in 2013.