PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Rwanda - Sitting Volleyball - 2017 African Championships

Newly-founded organisation launches fundraising campaign ´Because I Can´ to grow the sport

a stadium at night

More than 300 hours of live coverage will be shown on paralympic.org

a female Para swimmer mid-butterfly stroke

Paralympic and world champions will debut in first of six meetings

A general view of a street scene near the PyeongChang Mountain Cluster, host of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games to get underway on 9 March

a female Para alpine skier in action

Alpine skiing super-combined and biathlon middle-distance champions to be crowned

a female vision impaired skier and her guide on the podium

Series focusing on relationship between vision impaired skiers and their guides continues

Woman in swimming pool, upper body is out of the water, smiling

Paralympic champion will be back in Rio to compete at 2018 Track Worlds

Man on snowboard turns on a banked slope

First medals will be up for grabs in snowboard at Winter Paralympics

a female Para sprinter crosses the line to win the race

The pick of the young athletes looking to make their mark this year

a female blind footballer takes a shot

National team defeats Argentinian club team Las Guerreras de Cordoba