PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The Ukrainian Football 7-a-side team at the Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.

The 2015 Worlds runners-up defeated Brazil in the last major competition before Rio 2016.

Portrait picture of a man showing his tongue.

The German para-table tennis player overcame top-ranked Feng, which was just a few of the surprises in Lasko.

Ukraine football 7-a-side team - London 2012

Ukraine highlights Group A, while reigning World and Paralympic champions Russia are in Group B.

Ernst van Dyk

The event took place in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa between 6 and 8 May.

USA women's Goalball

The world silver medallists Russia won the 17th edition of this event following a 1-0 victory over Brazil.

USA women's Goalball

Here are six potential goalball storylines to follow ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Biondi Misasi

The 100m T12 and long jump T12 athlete is confident he will compete at Rio 2016 and win his country's first Paralympic medal.

a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump

Germany’s Paralympic, world and European champion Markus Rehm explains what it takes to jump over eight metres.

Two judoka on the mat

The 33-year-old judoka will become the first Uruguayan athlete to compete at three different Paralympic Games.

A group of male wheelchair rugby players battling for the ball

The two wheelchair rugby events are the first stages in qualification for the 2018 World Championships.