PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A blindfolded football 5-a-side player.

The football 5-a-side player is confident the Asian team will build on their silver medal performance at Rio 2016 and continue improving in the lead-up to Tokyo 2020.

Football 5-a-side

Great Britain’s two-time football 5-a-side Paralympian shares his view on how sports can bring together communities from across the world.

The 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships was held in Big White, Canada, between 1-8 February.

Here are some takeaways from the World Para Snowboard Championships.

Canada's Chris Klebl won the men's middle distance cross-country sitting at Sochi 2014.

The Canadian men’s middle distance cross-country sitting Paralympic champion shared his affections for his sport.

US ice sledge hockey players celebrate after a goal

Guy Gosselin will replace former head coach Jeff Sauer who passed away in February, leading the defending champions to Gangneung, South Korea.

Man sitting on bench, celebrating

The first competition of the 2017 season will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from Monday (27 February).

Official logo of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games

The Peruvian capital city will host the biggest Parapan American Games ever, with a record 1,850 athletes competing in 17 sports, two more than at Toronto 2015.

Ryley Batt AUS enters the scoring zone in the Gold Medal Match in the Mixed Wheelchair Rugby Between AUS and USA

The Australian wheelchair rugby team have won it all, and they are still hungry for more.

A series of Para sport shooters take aim on the shooting range

Pooja Agarwal and 15-year-old Avani Lekhara make a splash on their international debuts in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Veronika Vadovicova - Rio 2016

The Slovakian Paralympic silver medallist broke the world record of China’s Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang in R8 (women’s 50m rifle three positions SH1).