PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge is taking place in Charlottetown, Canada, between 4-10 December, with the hosts, the USA, South Korea and Norway competing.

Norway also claimed victory over South Korea at the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown, Canada.

PyeongChang 2018 Headquarters building

Overall the IPC is pleased with progress towards the next Paralympic Winter Games and says next year’s Test Events are key.

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The Tri-Nations Blind Football Tournament took place in the city of Kochi between 1-4 December and featured the hosts, the champions and Laos.

Biathlon Vuokatti

Nearly 130 athletes from 20 countries will begin the World Championships season at a World Cup in Finland.

Women in pool giving an interview to someone at the pool edge

Beginning in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March, five events will take in some of the best competitions in the world.

No. 25 Iconic moments in wheelchair tennis

Dylan Alcott, Jiske Griffioen and Gordon Reid were amongst the players who made headlines this year.

Woman on sit ski on the slopes

The Austrian downhill world champion is aiming to give herself an early Christmas present at her home alpine skiing Europa and World Cups.

Woman in rowing boat celebrating

World Rowing recognised the British rower’s performance at Rio 2016, where she won gold in the women’s singles sculls ASW1x.

An official blind football field was inaugurated in Argentina.

It was built at the High Performance National Training Centre in the capital city of Buenos Aires and is the only one with official dimensions in the country.

A picture of two men in sledges playing ice hockey

The Canadian stalwart, who has changed from defence to offence this season, tied the single-game point mark.