PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Russia football

Sixteen teams will fight for eight World Championship qualification spots on the pitch in Barcelona, Spain.

Steve Cash

Steve Cash, Josh Pauls and Taylor Chace are among the names who made it on to the USA’s roster for Sochi 2014.

Chuck Aoki

Mandy Francois-Elie brought the home crowd to its feet at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

Jonnie Peacock winning the men's 100m T44

Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock defeated the USA's Richard Browne in a much-anticipated 100m T44 sprint showdown.

Stinna Kaastrup and her horse

The ECCO FEI European Para-Equestrian Championships will take place in August in Denmark.

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Here's what the athletes had to say during day five of the IPC Athletics World Championships

Marieke Vervoort and Michelle Stilwell

There was a pile-up in the women's 800m T52 final at the IPC Athletics World Championships, resulting in a disqualifcation for Belgium's Marieke Vervoort.

Mandy Francois-Ellie winning the women's 200m T37

France won their first gold medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in the women's 200m T37 sprint.

Evgeny Petrov

Russia, Canada, Czech Republic and Norway will all take part in the International Ice Sledge Hockey “4 Nations” Tournament.

Lyon 2013 anti-doping booth

The IPC is educating athletes, coaches, staff and NPCs about anti-doping at the IPC Athletics World Championships.