PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

David Labarre of France scores a penalty against Ali Hidir Kurt of Turkey - Football 5-a-side

France will face Turkey and Spain will challenge Germany for a spot in the finals at IBSA’s football 5-a-side European Championships.

Marie-Amelie le Fur

33 athletes and four guides form the French selection for the IPC World Championships Lyon in 2013.

Blake Leeper and Jarryd Wallace

23 men and 11 women who competed in London feature in list of 76 athletes who will compete at World Champs, including injury doubt Richard Browne.

A picture of a man crossing a finish line during an athletics race and celebrating his victory

Household names including Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock selected alongside other Paralympic Champions.

A picture of men running on a track

Germany’s world and Paralympic champion Heinrich Popow talks up Australian Scott Reardon heading into the IPC Athletics Worlds.

Germany women's wheelchair basketball

Germany’s women’s wheelchair basketball team finished ahead of Canada and the Netherlands at Cologne’s three-nation tournament.

Tatyana McFadden - London 2012

130 athletes vying for places on national team for World Championships in Lyon, France, put up world-class performances over the weekend.

Marlou van Rhijn

Dutch team hoping to continue ‘unexpected’ form with van Rhijn, Pruysen and van Weeghel.

Jonnie Peacock

After a week of amazing amputee sprinting, the IPC Director of Media and Communications looks to the future.

Gustavo Fernandez

Frenchman Stephane Houdet talks about rising wheelchair tennis star Gustavo Fernandez after facing him at Roland Garros.