PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Germany's women's wheelchair basketball team

Nominations for May's Athlete of the Month award include a sprinter, discus thrower, Wheelchair Tennis player and four teams

sitting volleyball practice

A picture of a lonely man in a wheelchair

Mile Stojkoski from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is travelling over 5,000km to London in a wheelchair to raise awareness about issues facing people with a disability. Each week, his Project Manager, Vladimir Pandovski, updates paralympic.org on their progress.

A picture of a poster

The Paralympic Flag arrives in Sochi

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has published the Qualification Guide for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Mascots

Two judokas in competition

Brazil’s Antonio Tenorio went down in Paralympic legend in Beijing when he won his fourth consecutive Paralympic gold. In London, he’s aiming to take home his fifth.

Men's 100m T44 IPC Athletics World Championships