Estonia, Libya and Haiti will join IWAS, while wheelchair fencer Radoslaw Stanczuk received one of the organisation’s most prestigious awards.
Canada
Canadian Paralympic Committee launches fund to support children who are financially disadvantaged and living with a disability to take part in sport.
France
Five athletes who could be future medal hopes at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Dubai and at Rio 2016.
Cycling
British Cycling will hold talent assessment days in October to find the next crop of the nation’s top female para-cyclists.
Rio 2016
NBC and NBCSN to provide unprecedented 116 hours of coverage for next two Paralympic Games
Athletics
200m T42 Paralympic champion completes 977 mile run from John O’Groats, Scotland, to Land’s End in Cornwall, hitting target of 40 marathons in 40 days.
Table Tennis
Despite winning at London 2012, Germany’s Holger Nikelis is still looking to regain his men’s Class 1 table tennis European title.
Swimming
Former swimmer Rob Greenwood announced as coach who will lead highly successful British squad into Rio 2016.
USA
Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Paralympic hopefuls from America react to the news that NBC’s networks will be broadcasting the Games.
The IPC Medical Committee held their annual meeting in Bonn, Germany, focusing on their activities leading up to and during the Sochi 2014 Games.