PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The Canadian Parapan Am Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team

The programme will be one of the legacies of the 2017 Men’s U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.

Team Preview: USA

Twelve players from the team’s 2015 victory return to the ice for the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships.

A general view during a Boccia training session at the Olympic Carioca Arena 2 ahead of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images)

Donna Zorn was inducted into the CCPSA’s Hall of Fame.

Coach surrounded by his men's wheelchair basketball team giving instuctions

The men’s wheelchair basketball head coach knows his team has podium potential but also aware of the uphill battle they face.

VI Shooting athlete

A competition in Innsbruck, Austria, will help finalise the rules, regulations and classification system.

A man and a boy in a wheelchair watch a wheelchair basketball competition

Children from more than 50 schools enjoyed six days of sporting action at the Youth Parapan American Games.

Man in middle in wheelchair holds giant check with two other men standing

Rio 2016 gold medallists Yuk Wing Leung and Wai Lok Tang were recognised for their achievements last year.

Matt Stutzman USA competes in the Men's Archery Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination Round against Andrey Muniz de Castro BRA at Sambodromo.

The Armless Archer believes competing in able-bodied events will help him to Paralympic gold at Tokyo 2020.

Man in wheelchair returns a tennis ball

Hewett and Buis also claim men and women’s singles titles, respectively.

Canada play Rwanda in Sitting Volleyball at Rio 2016

The ball manufacturing company will provide the official game ball for World ParaVolley matches.