PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

More than 220 athletes from 24 countries will take part in the first ever IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships, which runs until 12 March.

Iran look for further success out in the field at the IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai, UAE.

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.

More than 100 athletes from nearly 30 countries are hoping to impress to gain selection to their national teams for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Sarah Louise Rung in the women's 50m butterfly S5 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

With just 50 days to go until the European Open Championships, one of Norway’s most successful para-athletes looks ahead.

Patrick Mayrhofer of Austria

Austrian, Dutch, US and French riders are amongst the overall title winners at the IPC Snowboard Europa Cup in Formigueres, France, on Friday (11 March).

Sledge hockey players on the ice without their helmets, celebrating

Ice sledge hockey will return to the site of the hugely successful 2015 World Championships A-Pool from 29 March – 2 April.

Iran's Hamed Amiri shows the "V" for victory sign with his fingers

Day five at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships saw Iran solidify their lead in the medals table with an additional five golds.

A visually impaired runner runs with her guide

China's track and field team climb up the medals table with a further six golds in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A woman with brown hair and glasses speaks to an audience and holds a piece of paper featuring a graphic to illustrate a point.

Several of the US’s leading disability advocates attended the meeting which was hosted by the IPC and US Paralympics.

canoeist on water

Though a relatively new sport, para-canoe has grown rapidly over the last decade.

two men running, one with red clothes, one with a yellow t shirt saying guide

In the second edition of ‘Para-Athletics Explained’ we discover what it takes to be a para-athletics guide.