PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a woman and a man on a podium with medals around their neck

Terezinha Guilhermina and Guilherme Soares de Santana talk about the special bond that has won them a hatful of medals.

Omara Durand of Cuba

More world records are expected to fall on the fourth day of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, especially over 200m.

Man with prosthesis during a jump

Germany's long jumper Markus Rehm and Cuban Omara Durand set new world marks at Doha 2015.

Field of wheelchair racers on track

Star performers set to go for world titles on Saturday include Marlou van Rhijn, Marcel Hug, Walid Ktila and Barbara Niewiedzial.

Tokyo aerial view

Applications are being accepted between 24 November to 7 December.

Teresa Perales with her gold medal after success at Glasgow 2015.

The six-time Spanish Paralympic swimming champion was honoured at an emotional ceremony in Madrid.

Two ice sledge hockey players chasing after the puck.

Fourth place is never an ideal finish. So how will Norway’s sledge hockey team rebound in the 2015-16 season?

Two young women running on a track, head to head

The Australian was one of 19 gold medal winners on Saturday at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

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Find out what the athletes had to say on the second day of the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Double leg amputee woman doing long jump

The German T42 long jumper set one of six world records on the first day of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.