PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Three blind athletes playing football on a field at the Parapan American Games

Mexico’s Jorge Lanzagorta is hoping his team will rub shoulders with favourites Brazil and Argentina at September’s Paralympic Games.

Two judokas competing at the European judo championships

The IBSA Judo Committee has begun the host-country selection process for competitions set to take place between 2017 and 2020.

A picture of a powerlifter on a bench celebrating

Getting into the world top three is not easy, but that is exactly what the best powerlifters from the region have done in 2016.

Finish of a sprint with three women

The 100m T42 world champion, who obliterated her own world record last year, will compete at Grosseto 2016 despite an injury marred season.

An athlete in a wheelchair competing in a game of curling.

Even if the skip helped South Korea take World bronze, his spot on next season’s national team is not secured.

Group shot on a stage with a big sign in front

Two Para sport World Championships will be held in the same city at the same time, featuring more than 900 athletes.

Great Britain's Shelby Watson in action at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

The 18-year-old wheelchair racer broke four world records.

Man with British flag celebrating

The British 100m T44 sprinters is aiming to defend both his European and Paralympic titles this summer, starting with Grosseto 2016.

Jonato Santos Machado of Brazil and Pablo Molina Lopez of Argentina during the Gold Medal match at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The Championships will be held 3-22 September next year.

Qing Xu celebrating his win in the pool.

The seven-time Paralympic swimming champion said that he is considering hanging up his googles after the Paralympic Games.