PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Woman on a snowboard in action

Many of the winter sports wrapped up, while this was just the beginning of summer sports.

Team Preview: Sweden

Can the newly promoted Swedish team claim their first medal on the world stage since 2004 at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships?

Three female swimmers pose for a photo

The Paralympic swimming champion succeeds outgoing Chairperson Todd Nicholson.

Ruth Hagspiel - alpine skiing

Slalom, giant slalom and super combined helped skiers win coveted trophies in Switzerland.

A Tokyo 2020 emblem can be seen from up.

The guidelines aim to provide an enhanced environment that will secure more opportunities for access to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Two blind footballers fighting for the ball

The football 5-a-side regional Championships will be held from 9-18 December.

Agitos

Martin Novak tested positive during an in-competition test at December’s IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Japan.

Verena Bentele and her guide Thomas Friedrich of Germany celebrate winning the Women's 3km Pursuit Visually Impaired Biathlon at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympics.

Aside from their sport careers, find out which athletes also make the most of their talents off the field of play.

A Para swimmer celebrates a new world record

World Championships qualification spots for US athletes are up for grabs in Canada.

Man in wheelchair holds trophies with two other men next him.

The UNIQLO senior vice president shares his thoughts on how the partnership has and will continue to change Japan.