PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Emblem for IBSA Goalball European Championships

The event will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, between 5-12 July and will act as a qualifer for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Katie Holloway

The star US sitting volleyball player hopes a successful Parapan American Games will give the team the confidence they need to beat China at Rio 2016.

Group shot

The initiative aims to support sports development activities for persons with an impairment around the world ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Will Bayley

Reigning world champion Will Bayley will start the season at the National Championships in Bristol before heading to Italy for the Lignano Master Open.

Henry Wohler

Wohler was interim President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee from January to November 2006 and Chef de Mission for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Paralympics

Ice Sledge Hockey Korea

South Korea’s ice sledge hockey team is keen to win the 2015 World Championships B-Pool, in the hope of bouncing back to the A-Pool in 2017 in time for their home Winter Paralympics.

Children at the Tokyo International School celebrate 2000 days before Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

School children in the Japanese capital marked the landmark by trying out football 5-a-side with international players.

Brody Roybal - Ice Sledge Hockey

The USA sledge hockey forward received praise for his Sochi 2014 efforts ahead of next month’s World Championships in Buffalo.

Mac Marcoux and his brother

The second day of competition at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships will see the speed races continue with world and Paralympic champions in action.

Scott Reardon and Heinrich Popow

Evan O’Hanlon, Scott Reardon and Richard Colman will headline the first ever Grand Prix to take place Down Under.