PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Zahra Nemati

Paralympic and world archery champion has aspirations to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016.

Women in sit ski on a cross country track

Deborah McFadden on the meaning of her daughter's silver medal, and why she supported Tatyana in her dream to gather her adopted and birth families to watch her compete in the country she was born.

40. Summer athletes Tatyana McFadden and Oksana Masters medal in winter

American teammates Tatyana McFadden and Oksana Masters both made a successful switch from summer to winter sports, medalling in Nordic skiing at Sochi 2014.

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

Action from the football 5-a-side Worlds, banked slalom makes it debut in para-snowboard, a world record attempt and more.

Two men in hand cycles cross the finish line one after another. The first one celebrates.

The para-cycling H5 category has become one of the most fiercely contested in sport, with three athletes trading blows to become the best.

Back of a football player looking at another blindfolded player who prepares to shoot a penalty

At the Football 5-a-side worlds, reigning champions Brazil smash Germany, Argentina keep up their form, whilst Spain and China need penalties to progress.

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Sir Philip Craven to give keynote address at UNESCO International Conference “From Exclusion to Empowerment” – The Role of Information and Communication Technologies for Persons with Disabilities.

Logo of the International Paralympic Committee

British athlete passed away on 11 November 2014

man looking at the camera with arms crossed in front of Canadian banner

Dr. Richard Goudie and Dr. Andrew Marshall have previous experience of the role at Olympic and Paralympic level, and will operate as Chief and Assistant Chief Medical Officers

Allianz Fact of the week Football 5

The 2014 IBSA Blind Football World Championships take place in Tokyo, Japan.