PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Gustavo Martinez

Paralympic.org had some time with the Mexican swimmer, who heads to Montreal 2013 hoping to follow up on his amazing success in London.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forehand during a wheelchair tennis match.

Dutch pair Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot are hoping to light up the Wimbledon courts in the wheelchair doubles competition.

Germany women's wheelchair basketball team

Germany, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands will all fight for the women’s European crown.

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Ukrainian sets IAAF Diamond League record in Switzerland.

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• Games to feature 526 medal events across 22 sports• Women and athletes with high support needs main beneficiaries of additional events

Ukraine shooting team

A fired up Ukrainian squad dominated the third stage of the IPC Shooting World Cup in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain.

Italy wheelchair basketball

The men’s and women’s quarter-final matchups are now set at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.

Anton Datsko

The Ukrainian wheelchair fencer will look to light up the foil and sabre events at this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.

Dan Greaves, Jeremy Campbell and Farzad Sepahvand pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Discus Throw F44 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Two of the biggest rivals in athletics - Jeremy Campbell and Dan Greaves - face off in Lyon, with Campbell looking to take the discus F44 world title away from Greaves.

Marieke Vervoort and Michelle Stilwell

Take a look at five head-to-head races or events that could light up the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.