PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Japan's Yui Kamiji took the 2014 title after beating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

World No.1 claimed women's title whilst world No.4 took victory in the quads in Nottingham.

A picture of a men on a podium with medals around their neck

Some of the world’s best athletes including David Weir and Kurt Fearnley will compete in six medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Jonas Jacobsson

Sweden's Jonas Jacobsson took his 18th world title, as Vadovicova and Kovalchuk also topped the podium on the first day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Suhl Stadt

IPC Governing Board Member John Petersson opened the biggest IPC Shooting World Championships on record.

A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.

British world No.3 defeats Wagner for sixth time in his career to reach quads final.

Vadovicova wins gold at Alicante 2013

Double European champion Veronika Vadovicova has revealed that despite a knee injury, she feels on track to win her first ever world title.

Sergey Malyshev of Russia, wearing glasses, a visor and ear protection shoots his Mixed P3-25m Pistol at an indoor range at The Royal Artillery Barracks

After an exciting first day, more of the sport's top stars start their world title campaigns on Sunday (20 June) in Suhl, Germany.

Joachim Gerard

Top four seeds in the men’s, women’s and quad singles all make the semi-finals in Nottingham

Jonas Jacobsson - London 2012

Multiple Paralympic and world champion Jonas Jacobsson has been shooting for over thirty years and gives his reflections on the progress of the sport ahead of the start of competition at the biggest ever IPC Shooting World Championships.

Two men in skiing suits waving flower bouquets. They both stand on a podium in the snow

US Paralympics has announced that 19 athletes have been nominated to the 2014-15 U.S. Paralympics alpine skiing national team.