The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo included for the first time.
Cross-Country Skiing
The last individual events at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, will take place on Saturday (31 January).
Para Ice Hockey
Both sides won one game each on Saturday in the three-match playoff to decide which side takes the final berth at March’s IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.
Goalball
Seven teams will compete in Malmö, Sweden, with the three best winning promotion to division B.
Cross-Country Skiing
A schedule change has also been confirmed for Saturday (31 January) and Sunday (1 February) at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.
Swimming
IPC Swimming has published the Minimum Qualification Standards which sit alongside key qualifiers at the 2015 Worlds in Glasgow and other competitions.
Biathlon
France, Russia, Finland and the USA also claim their latest medals in the long distance biathlon races at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships on Friday (30 January).
Wheelchair Basketball
The athletes will now prepare for this August’s Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games in Canada.
Cycling
New Zealand Paralympian breaks near 12-year-old world record for the flying 200m.
Canoe
Austria’s Markus Swoboda has won every world title since 2010 and hopes further success this year will qualify him for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
