PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Anti-Doping Laboratory

Athlete tested positive during an out of competition test prior to the IPC 2014 Powerlifitng World Championships.

New Zealand's gold medallist Sophie Pascoe with silver medallist Madeleine Scott of Australia and bronze medallist Erraid Davies of Scotland during the medal ceremony for the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB9 Final at Glasgow 2014

Sir Philip Craven's comments come after Glasgow 2014 staged the biggest ever Commonwealth Games para-sport programme.

A picture of man ready for the start of his swimming race

The 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships will start from Monday (4 August), featuring 380 athletes from 37 countries in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Roberta Sheffield Canada para-equestrian

Four riders will represent Canada at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014

Garett HICKLING - Wheelchair Rugby - London 2012 Paralympic Games

As the best wheelchair rugby team head to Odense, Denmark, here are 10 stories that could make the news.

Italy's women on their way to 2014 European gold in the women’s recurve open team at Nottwil 2014.

Six days of stunning competition concluded with 11 of the 24 competing countries winning at least one medal.

A picture of a woman in the pool holding the swimming cap with her hand

Russia’s four-time Paralympic champion Olesya Vladykina is competing at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, as a triple reigning European champion but up-and-coming athletes, and age, have forced her to consider her future.

Scotland's Neil Fachie and co-pilot Craig MacLean celebrate their para-cycling victory at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Take a look back at what happened in global para-sport during July, a month that featured three World Championships, one European Championships, a World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.

Two young women wearing ski clothes and a silver medal holding hands and waving

Jade Etherington, Caroline Powell and Charlotte Evans set to attend showcase of Paralympic sport on 30 August

Man in racing wheelchair crosses finish line of a track throwing hands in the air, celebrating

Australia, Canada and England win medals in both the men’s and women’s 1,500m T54 at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.