PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a male and female wheelchair racer celebrate with their gold medals

Athletics

Swiss pair Schaer and Hug can extend overall lead in Japan

two Para ice hockey players clash on the ice

PyeongChang 2018

Pavel Kubes returns for third Games to lead the 15-man roster

Pedersen/Morii - 1st Men's Giant Slalom Sitting - Veysonnaz (Pedersen's run)

PyeongChang 2018

Norwegian alpine skier feeling good ahead of his first Paralympic Winter Games

a group of female rowers celebrate

Rowing

Rowers hit the machines before they hit the water

a female powerlifter shakes hands with a sheikh

Powerlifting

Nigerian world champion shines on last day of competition in Dubai

Cycling highlights - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Cycling

Dutch Para cyclist starts quest for world glory with return to Rio

Gangneung Curling Centre | Venues at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

PyeongChang 2018

Competitions will take place at Gangneung Curling Centre

Women in a shooting range targeting

Shooting

Finnish shooter will not attempt to defend her world title in Cheongju

a female vision impaired skier and her guide

PyeongChang 2018

New series takes an in-depth look at vision impaired skiing ahead of PyeongChang 2018

Japan's Sho Watanabe crosses the line to take the 2017 Tokyo marathon ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Hug.

Athletics

Wheelchair racer ready to stun marathon world again on home roads in Tokyo

three women

Archery

The winner will be announced on 8 March

Leaders from NPCs Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda pose for a picture in Kigali, Rwanda

Six nations attended the launch of the Organisational Capacity Programme in Rwanda

a female snowboarder holds up a crystal globe and medal

PyeongChang 2018

23 alpine skiers and 14 snowboarders will represent Team USA

a group of blind footballers pose for a photo on the pitch

Blind Football

First edition of Istanbul Cup to kick off the sport’s season

a male wheelchair curling player

PyeongChang 2018

Wheelchair curling team looking for return to the top after Worlds relegation

three male powerlifters raise their arms on the podium

Powerlifting

Adel Shanbih and Mohammed Khalaf give hosts their first two golds in Dubai

Henrieta Farkasova wins women's downhill 2 VI | 2018 World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup

PyeongChang 2018

Slovakian multiple Paralympic champion starts as favourite for gold in women’s vision impaired

Gangneung Ice Hockey | Venues at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

PyeongChang 2018

All games will be played at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Coastal Cluster

a male alpine skier and a female snowboarder

PyeongChang 2018

Thirteen Para athletes aim to win Australia’s first Winter Paralympic gold since Salt Lake City 2002

three men celebrate with the flags of their countries

Athletics

Six months to go until European Championships get underway