PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Journalist and TV presenter Jon Snow will host the Paralympic Ball on 5 September, which will help raise funds for the IPC's Agitos Foundation.

The daughter of Ludwig Guttmann, the founder of the Paralympic Games, has been named the Mayor of the London 2012 Paralympic Village.

Athletics

For the first time ever the Ghanaian team has qualified athletes to participate in the Paralympic Games and they have high hopes for a top performance.

Sitting Volleyball

The German team hope their discipline and passion will get them to the podium at the London 2012 Sitting Volleyball competition.

Sitting Volleyball

With Katie Holloway and Kendra Lancaster leading the team, the Americans hope to best China for gold at London 2012.

Athletics

At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, athletes with an intellectual impairment will take part for the first time in 12 years.

With less than two weeks until the Paralympics, the first of five sets of giant Agitos launched in the UK.

Athletics

Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley is training in Switzerland and more excited than ever for London 2012.

Canada

The Canadian Paralympic Committee revealed their delegation for the London 2012 Paralympic Games this week.

Summer Sports

A record 2.2 million tickets have been sold for the London 2012 Paralympic Games to date, with 2.5 million expected to be made available in total.

Summer Sports

The IPC revealed nine names with more than 100 years of sport commentary experience between them that will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of its live sport coverage.

The Best Of Men is the remarkable and uplifting true story of the birth of the Paralympic Games and its visionary creator Dr. Ludwig Guttmann.

Russia

Elena Chistilina, who won two silver medals at June's 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, has been suspended for two years.

Wheelchair Tennis

At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the men’s Wheelchair Tennis singles event could be one of the best hidden charms says the IPC's Stuart Lieberman.

The number of women competing at the Paralympic Games has doubled in the last 20 years.

New Zealand

Sky Sport New Zealand set to air live coverage of London 2012 ceremonies and daily highlights from the Paralympic Games competition.

USA

US Paralympics will team up with NBC to air several one-hour highlight shows of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The Paralympic Ball will be a glamorous black-tie event to raise funds for the IPC's Agitos Foundation on 5 September in London.

Summer Sports

Flames will be created at the summits of the UK’s four highest peaks and there will be a 24-hour relay route for the Paralympic Torch.

The IPC revealed nine names with more than 100 years of sport commentary experience between them that will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of its live sport coverage.