PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Alex Zanardi

The 49-year-old Italian is hoping to add to the two para-cycling gold medals he won at London 2012 at September’s Paralympic Games in Rio.

Jose Roberto Ferreira de Oliveira (R) and Romario Diego Marques of Brazil fail to stop a goal during the Men's Group A Goalball match between Finland and Brazil at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Brazil’s goalball star is hoping to help his country win the Paralympic title on home soil, at Rio 2016.

Beatrice Vio

The Italian wheelchair fencer won the women’s foil category B at the World Cup in Laval.

Lee Hee-beom has been nominated as the new President of the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

The former minister has been put forward to succeed Yang-ho Cho who stepped down on Tuesday (3 May).

The world record holder in women’s long jump reflects on success and failure at previous World Championships.

The world record holder in women’s long jump reflects on success and failure at previous World Championships.

Alan Oliveira will be out to defend his 200m title at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Track star Alan Oliveira and wheelchair tennis player Natália Mayara were amongst the first torchbearers.

Josef Neumaier of Germany

Neumaier forced a tie with Greece’s Sotirios Galogavros entering the final round and left with the victory.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up

Sarah Louise Rung will try for her fourth gold medal in Funchal, Portugal, as part of a group of athletes looking for their next titles.

Collage of five images of athletes in action

The public has until May 11 to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

Swimmers doing freestyle

New marks for Singapore, Ukraine, Norway, Sweden and Russia in Funchal, Portugal.