PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Action from the Wheelchair Basketball match between Great Britain and Germany at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

National coach Nicolai Zeltinger has named 13 players to the provisional squad including three newcomers.

Bibian Mentel receives her Sochi gold

The winner of the very first women’s Paralympic gold in para-snowboard talks about pushing the sport on after the success of the Paralympic Winter Games.

Benoit Huot

Five Paralympic and Commonwealth Games medals were presented to the Canadian swimmer by the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Canada.

Matthew Cowdrey

Cowdrey will lead the Australian team for the fifth edition of the Youth Games which will see a team of 82 athletes in Apia, Samoa.

Bosnia's men's sitting volleyball team

Made up of players injured in war, the two-time Paralympic champions have become national heroes in their homeland

Boccia balls are seen as Great Britain take on Greece in Boccia during the National Paralympic Day at the Olympic Park on September 7, 2013 in London, Engla

The World No. 8 boccia player is hoping to perform well at August’s Parapan American Games.

Sochi 2014 volunteers

Ksenia Onishchenko was one of 8,000 volunteers who helped make the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games the best ever, but she is the only one who contributed to the Closing Ceremony speech!

World Archery Para Championships will take place between 23-30 August in Donaueschingen, Germany

Donaueschingen 2015 will take place between 23-30 August attracting 300 of the world best para-archers from 60 countries.

Gold medal for 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool, Ostersund, Sweden

The gold, silver and bronze medals for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool will be contested between 15-21 March.

Omara Durand of Cuba

June’s event for countries in Central America and the Caribbean will be a qualifier for August’s Parapan American Games.