PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a man skiing.

In the penultimate event of the 2012-13 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, everything is still to play for in the rankings.

Jon Santacana Maiztegui of Spain and his guide Miguel Galindo Garces compete in Vancouver

Visually impaired skier Jon Santacana will be one to watch at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Markus Salcher

Austrians Markus Salcher and Roman Rabl won their respective classes at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.

Evan O'Hanlon

Evan O’Hanlon, Kelly Cartwright, Richard Colman, Todd Hodgetts and Kurt Fearnley will compete at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Esther Vergeer

After going more than a decade without losing on the court, Dutch wheelchair tennis star announced her retirement from the sport.

A picture of a woman swimming

Multiple Paralympic champion Natalie du Toit has been appointed to the new Board of Directors at the South African Institute of Drug Free Sport (SAIDS)

Alana Nichols

The US team will feature 13 athletes and two guides for the World Championship event that starts on 18 February.

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IPC awards broadcaster rights following highly competitive tender process

Russia wheelchair curling

Russia will try to defend their title at next week’s World Wheelchair Curling Championships on their home ice in Sochi.

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