PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sandra Paovic of Croatia in action against Kunwoo Lee during the prelimimary round of the Women's's Table Tennis at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic champions showed no lag at one of the first major international competitions of the year.

Jessica Long of the United States compete in the on day 10 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium

USA’s multiple-Paralympic champion will kick off her season at the first stage of the 2017 World Para Swimming Series in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11-12 March.

Group of people in blue jackets and wheelchairs forming a circle

The USA grabbed their first win on day three of the World Championships.

Group picture

World Para Powerlifting delivered 13 anti-doping workshops as part of its ‘Raise the Bar, say NO! to doping’ programme in Dubai, UAE, from 25-26 February.

Two Para ice hockey players duel on the ice

Italy took third place at home in Torino on Saturday (4 March).

South Korean celebrities try out wheelchair curling as part of PyeongChang 2018's third Paralympic Day celebrations.

There was a carnival atmosphere in Gangneung on opening day of World Wheelchair Curling Championship as 3,000 people celebrated Paralympic Day.

Andrea Rothfuss at the Tarvisio 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.

The penultimate races of the season saw three skiers claim titles whilst competition in other categories hotted up in Hakuba, Japan.

Jeremy Campbell

A beginner’s guide to classification in the sport of Para athletics.

Male cyclists pedals on track velodrome.

Five of Great Britain´s duos reached the podiums in the men´s and women´s events on Saturday (4 March) at the UCI Para cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, USA.

Canada's multiple world and Paralympic champion Brent Lakatos provides us with this week's holiday hostpot.

The T53 racer talks about the two items he would take on his ideal holiday.