PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Celal Coban of Turkey runs with the ball in the men's football 5-a-side during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The competition will take place in Berlin, Germany, between 17-27 August.

Eliezer Gabriel Buenaventura never stopped dreaming - #TeamAgitos - on the Road to Rio

The Mexican track and field athlete made his Paralympic debut this year, with the support of the International Paralympic Committee’s development arm.

Para Trap Shooting

Several years of research and development has resulted in the inclusion of the shotgun discipline for shooters with a physical impairment.

Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016

Great Britain’s multiple Paralympic and world champion reflected on her third Paralympics and has set new goals.

Asian Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly

A clear mandate for change was called following the General Assembly; APC Awards winners were also announced.

No. 18 Decades-old swimming records tumble

The USA’s Bradley Snyder and Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko both set historic world records at Rio 2016.

Logo of Ecuador Paralympic Committee.

He will serve for another four-year term, leading the organisation in the lead-up to the Lima 2019 Parapan Ams and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Mitchell Gourley - Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games

National Paralympic Committees can nominate one athlete for the alpine skiing, snowboard and Nordic skiing athlete representative elections, to be held in 2017.

Claudia Loesch of Austria

World and Paralympic champions will ski slalom and giant slalom in Austria and Switzerland from 15 December.

No. 19 Sitting volleyball creates memorable moments

USA won their maiden title and Rwanda made a historical debut in the women’s event, whilst Iran’s men returned to Paralympic glory at Rio 2016.