PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Adam Dixon competes at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Canada will face South Korea in the semi-finals of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

a female wearing white, black and red competing in goalball

The ranking tournament will feature teams that already qualified for the Paralympic Games.

Man in wheelchair on a tennis court, showing a trophy to the camera

The Belgian upset No. 1 men’s singles player Kunieda in the year-end Masters to land the honour.

Sports programme confirmed for 2017 Youth Parapan American Games

The Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will feature 1,000 athletes competing in 12 sports.

Virginia Azu competes at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Eger, Hungary.

A series of Americas Championships gold medallists and lifters from around the world will get the chance to compete in the venue for the upcoming Paralympics.

Australian athletes mark the launch of the Australian Paralympic Foundation.

The Australian Paralympic Foundation is the new fundraising division of the APC.

Matti Suur-Hamari took the victory in the men's SB-LL2 snowboard-cross race at the La Molina 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships

Finnish snowboard-cross world champion is working harder than ever during the 2015-16 World Cup season.

Canada's women's sitting volleyball team playing Cuba in the bronze medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The historic deal between World ParaVolley and Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water will support the last qualifying event for Rio 2016: the 2016 World ParaVolley Intercontinental.

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.

Many wheelchair tennis players made their 2016 debut at the Super Series tournament in Sydney, Australia.

Young canoeist in aciton

Canoe will debut at the Paralympics in Rio. Here are five questions to think about as the Games come closer.