PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

An ice sledge hockey player skates up to his teammate to celebrate.

Labatt Blue and USA Hockey have announced who will benefit from USD 250,000 of grants through Pass it Forward Initiative.

Dalekova Andrey Lebedinskiy at IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.

New Zealand, Slovakia and the USA seal more quota places at IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.

Carlos Serrano Zarate

Track and field, swimming and powerlifting athletes will compete at the Third National Stage of Circuit Brazil Caixa Loterias from Friday (6 November) and swimmers in Merido, Mexico.

Athletes compete in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games wheelchair curling competition.

Fifteen teams will line-up in Lohja, Finland, from Saturday (7 November) for the World Wheelchair B-Curling Championship 2015.

Wheelchair dance sport - Osipov and Ryzhkova of Russia

The IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships get underway on 7 November. Here is what to keep an eye on.

A wheelchair dancer is held aloft during a dance

Two days packed with dance across singles and couples events will take place in Rome, Italy, from Saturday.

Jakub Krako, Slovakia day one in the men's downhill visually impaired

Slovakian Paralympic champion out for 2015-16 after carrying an injury sustained just before the 2015 World Championships.

The IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil will feature 350 athletes from 39 countries between 29-31 May

In 2016, 10 Grand Prix will take place in five continents and athletes will get a taste of what they can expect at Rio 2016.

Damjan Pavlin

British and Australian athletes also win gold at IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.

Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway

Norway’s Paralympic and world championships medallist believes that his up-and-coming teammate Eirik Bye has the potential to make a big impact.