PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Germany's Andrea Eskau recevies her gold medal after winning the women's H4 road race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Brands Hatch.

Saturday's 12 time trial world titles in Greenville, USA, were spread across nine countries with Germany and USA winning two apiece.

A picture of men ready to swim

The World Triathlon Grand Finals took place in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday 30 August.

Mariann Marthinsen

At the 2015 Worlds, Norwegian cross-country Paralympic champion Mariann Marthinsen is looking to seal the gold medal that equipment failure led her to miss-out on.

Tennis match between David Cameron and Boris Johnson at IPD

International Paralympic Day started in Bonn, Germany, in 2003 and has since taken in capital cities such as Berlin and London raising the profile of para-sport.

Allison Jones Performing

Whilst USA won four golds at the UCI World Championships, there were also wins for Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and Ukraine.

Beijing 2008

Great Britain finish the competition on top of the medals table as new stars emerge.

France's standing skier Marie Bochet skiing around a gate.

France’s alpine skier Marie Bochet and the USA’s para-cyclist Jamie Whitmore are amongst 11 athletes nominated for the 2014 SportsWoman of the Year award.

A wheelchair racer in action at the 2007 Parapan American Games.

For the first time in 2007, the Parapans were held in the same city as the Pan American Games, creating a blueprint for future Games.

The Rio 2016 Pioneer Volunteers group photographed during the filming of the campaign.

Over 25,000 volunteers are needed to fill roles for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Martina Caironi, winces,

Sandrino Porru, President of FISPES, is keen to deliver an ‘extraordinary event’ to follow the hugely successful 2014 IPC Athletics Euros.