PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Athlete practicing Giant Slalom

Almost 100 skiers from 17 countries will compete in the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup.

Ronald Vink in a wheelchair tennis match

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Great Britain SKUD Team

Depending on the outcome of results at Miami’s OCR from 22-28 January 2012, several of this week’s winners will be headed to the Paralympic Games in England in July.

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Maikel Scheffers.

Mark Arendz (CAN) competes in the Men's 12.5km Standing Biathlon event at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Australia's Sailing Team

The leaders from the previous day held onto their overall positions, though the final race of the day in all three categories brought some surprise winners.

Japanese Ice Sledge Hockey player performing against Canada at Vancouver 2010

Canada, Japan, Korea and Norway head to Nagano for four-team tournament