PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Norwegian ice sledge hockey team at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA

They will be joined by Italy and Sweden from Friday (18 November) in Skien for the NIHF Ice Sledge Hockey Invitational.

Women on snowboard on the slope

Despite an ongoing battle with cancer, the Dutch world champion snowboarder will return to the snow this season.

Two men in wheelchairs on a boccia field of play

The British Paralympians have announced their retirement from the sport.

Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain

The Para snowboard season begins in Landgraaf, the Netherlands, on 16 November, featuring a star-studded field.

No. 46 Slovakians Kasicka, Vidasic perform last dance

Helena Kasicka and Peter Vidasic swept all three European titles in front of their home crowd, a grand way to bow out from the sport.

Anna Jochemsen, Netherlands seems to defy gravity

From Thursday (17 November) the season gets underway with a packed field in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Agitos symbol unveiled on Copacabana Beach.

The team has been shortlisted for Communications Team of the Year, Online Video Channel and PR Professional of the Year.

Snowboarder on a slope

The Canadian snowboarder reveals all about his preparations and how he feels ahead of the first races of the season.

Marlou van Rhijn 100m world record in Nottwil

With the season over, we look back at the sprinters who lit up 2016.

Bethany Firth of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S14 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Britain’s most decorated athlete from Rio 2016, Bethany Firth has already begun thinking about Tokyo 2020.