After winning singles titles at May’s Slovenian Open in Lasko, the Croatian pair of Sandra Paovic and Andela Muzinic both could be title contenders at September’s ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships in Beijing, China.

Entering this week’s Roland Garros, wheelchair tennis players mark five years of Grand Slam events forming part of the top tier of the the sport.

After a successful launch in February 2014, the Agitos Foundations’ Organisational Capacity Programme is being rolled out for a second time.

When the dust settles on July’s 2014 Men’s IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Incheon, South Korea, it will be a new-look podium according to Great Britain’s captain Abdi Jama.

One of New Zealand’s most prolific Paralympians Michael Johnson has revealed his medal targets for the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships and is confident of retaining his form through to Rio 2016.

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced the establishment of the Tokyo 2020 Advisory Meeting which includes two-time Paralympic Winter Games gold medallist in alpine skiing Kuniko Obinata.

Since returning from Sochi 2014, American Paralympic snowboard champion Evan Strong has been caught up in a whirl of media interviews, the first ever ‘Evan Strong’ day and meeting President Barack Obama.

Nominees include: Marieke Vervoort, Aled Davies, Yui Kamiji, Dariusz Pender, and Marco Dispaltro.

After injuries put paid to Mareike Adermann’s hopes of playing professional basketball aged 14, the German will be forever thankful to her teacher for introducing her to the wheelchair format of the game.