PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Valerii Redkozubov of Russia

On the final day of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina, Spain, two Russian skiers completed the perfect week in slalom races.

A woman in a wheelchair hits a tennis ball as a backhand.

The players who will compete in the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of the year have been named with Japan’s Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji the headliners.

Dino Sokolovic of Croatia

Russian skiers also complete triple wins at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, alongside podiums for France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, USA and Canada.

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Following the path of some of the most successful para-snowboarders of all time, who also happen to be his teammates, the USA’s Mike Schultz started his first competitive season with a bang.

American Stephanie Jallen won slalom at the first World Cup of 2014-15.

Wins for Russian, Japanese, German and Spanish skiers in slalom events with just 50 days to go until the 2015 Worlds.

Josh Vander Vies

COC, CPC and the CSIN unveil a new CAD 3 million high performance sport and funding partnership, and rebrand as the "Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network"

A picture of an athlete sit down throwing an object

Fifth SportsFest will take place at Durham University on Thursday 5 March.

Allianz Fact of the week Ice Sledge Hockey speed

Ice sledge hockey players use their sticks for shooting as well as to push and speed-up. At the back end, they have sharp metal picks that allow acceleration up to 21km/h.

Attendees at the PyeongChang 2018 Executive Board meeting held in January 2015.

Business plan and budget will come into effect as soon as they are approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel

The debut of a new format for snowboard-cross, which will feature riders racing head-to-head, has attracted all six Sochi 2014 medallists.