PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

USA's ice sledge hockey team

Buffalo, New York, will host the eighth edition of the competition following the huge success of the sport at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

An ice sledge hockey player skates up to his teammate to celebrate.

The IPC’s Editorial Co-ordinator outlines some of the most insightful, funny and enlightening Paralympians in the world to interview.

Shooting

Organisers of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships taking place in Suhl, Germany, are seeking people with language skills to volunteer for the biggest shooting para-sport competition in 2014.

Stefan Lokhoff

The Netherlands, Brazil and Ukraine will compete this weekend at the International CP Tournament in Groesbeek.

A picture of a man on the starting block

The sixth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season will see 341 athletes from 32 countries gather in Italy.

Athletes pose for a podium shot.

New Zealand’s high-performance para-cycling programme is launching new medallists every year.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair shooting between two defenders during a wheelchair basketball match.

The Canadian wheelchair basketball player gives fans a quick glance at her schedule in the lead-up to this summer’s big event.

A man paddles in a canoe.

Find out which athletes are on top form heading into the summer’s World Championships.

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014

The reigning World Champion reveals it was intervention by his coaches which prevented him from going further at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, but that he will go for 300kg at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

Wheelchair racer crosses the finish line

So determined is Dutch wheelchair racer Stefan Rusch to retain his sprint titles that he is putting his 21st birthday celebrations on hold this Saturday (31 May) to compete in the Dutch National Championships.