PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.

Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.

Female wheelchair tennis player in action on a blue court

Prior to the Games in Rio, the Dutchwoman is also seeking two Grand Slam titles.

Three people on a boath showing the British flag

The British complete their team by announcing their SKUD 18 and sonar teams for the upcoming Paralympics.

A female standing skier competes in super-G

Competition across classifications also hots up heading into the final downhill races in Aspen, USA.

Collage of six images showing athletes

Six para-athletes are up for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.

Collage of five athlete photos

The public has until 9 March to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

A rider on a black horse

A mix of para-equestrian riders will test themselves ahead of the Rio 2016 Games at the competition in Doha, Qatar.

Five men and one women all put their hands together and smile to the camera

The Lima 2019 Organising Committee has signed an agreement with the Americas Paralympic Committee to stage the biggest ever Parapan American Games.

Graphic with a picture of a man on a podium, celebrating

The British discus and shot put world champion recalls the highs and lows of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014.

A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track

British Paralympian Richard Whitehead helped remove the finish line of the old track to mark 500 days to go until the 2017 Para-athletics World Championships.