PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

New mascots, world titles, major announcements and awards all feature in this week’s top six stories.

David Wagner

Third day of action decided the quads final and determined which players made it through to the semi-finals in the men's and women's competition.

Picture of a female wheelchair rugby player fighting for the ball.

The IPC’s No. 33 Moment of 2014 highlights how upskilling women is inspiring for the next generation of female athletes and leaders.

Skier in a sit-ski racing down a slope.

Para-alpine skiing events are organised in three categories: sitting, standing and visually impaired.

Sir Philip Craven

Sir Philip Craven has been named "Innovator of the Year" by SportsBusiness International

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

Kunieda, Griffioen and Whiley all progressed to the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters semi-finals with wins on Thursday.

Wearing blue lycra outfits, two men lie in their handcycles on an open road with hills in the background.

Ahead of the 2015 season, 17 Belgian athletes have enjoyed a week long training camp in Lanzarote.

Marcel Hug powers to victory in the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

IPC Athletics has announced the biggest year ever of events for para-athletics in the year before Rio 2016

A group of five men, three blindfolded and wearing football shirts, jump up and hug in celebration

A 1-0 win over arch-rivals Argentina means Brazil have now won four world titles in the last 16 years.

Hannah Cockroft lighting the heritage flame in a metal sphere

• The IPC’s Top 50 Moments of 2014 continue with British Paralympian Hannah Cockroft’s involvement in the first ever international leg of the Paralympic Torch Relay.