PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Follmann played sitting volleyball with Leite and watched the swimming and athletics national teams practice in the Brazilian Paralympic Centre.

Jakson Follmann was one of only six survivors of the tragic plane crash that killed 71 people, and tried Para sport for the first time.

Italy v Germany at the Buffalo 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool

Para ice hockey players from Canada, Italy, Norway and South Korea will all take to the ice in a round-robin tournament from 27 February.

Cristina Hoffman

The table tennis player, who won silver at Atlanta 1996, received the ‘National Sports Award’ from Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in recognition of her career.

Two men on a stage, one handing a medal to the other

The country’s President delivered the medal to recently re-elected NPC President Zoran Micovic.

Group of female sledge hockey players pose for a photo

The European women’s Para ice hockey team and wider community mourn the loss of the Dutch goaltender.

Shooting range with athletes in action

Athletes showed their form in the rifle and pistol events in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

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More than 1,000 London schools have requested tickets for pupils following the Schools Tickets offer, backed by the Mayor of London.

The sponsorship project “The Missing Piece” won the ESA Best of Europe Bronze Award.

The sponsorship project continues to receive international recognition after picking up its seventh award.

Ananias Shikongo and his guide Even Tjiviju of Namibia celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's 200m - T11 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The Paralympic sprinting champion talks us through a typical training day as he prepares for London 2017.

Canadian players warm up prior to the Ice Sledge Hockey Play-off semi final between Canada and the United States of America at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

National Paralympic Committees can nominate one athlete to sit on the Sport Technical Committee, representing the athlete voice.