PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Members of the IPC Governing Board sit at the 2015 IPC General Assembly in Mexico City.

The 2015 IPC Athlete Classification Code was one of a number of motions approved by the IPC Membership.

Two judoka during a competition

In the first World Cup of the year, Uzbekistan made themselves a force to be reckoned with ahead of Rio 2016.

An athlete from the Korean Wheelchair Curling Team celebrates a point on Day 4 of the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championships

Semi-finals wins at the qualification event in Lohja, Finland, see the two teams progress to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control

The Austrian Paralympic champion lost his world titles in 2015 but will use the coming World Cup season to made amends.

Goalball scene with one player throwing the ball

Both the men and women’s teams took the European titles, making it the first time both will appear at a Paralympic Games together.

Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) logo

The treat manufacturer will support athletes in their quest to ‘bring on the joy’ at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Anna Schaffelhuber, Alexey Bugaev, Roman Petushkov and the USA Sledge Hockey team

Find out who won the Sport, Media and BP Courage Awards for their work at Sochi 2014.

Logo_International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID)

The World Tennis Championships will come to the Delaware in June.

Souhad Ghazouani from France wins gold at the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships

The 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships begin on 24 November and will be the biggest European Championships in history.