PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A visually impaired skier takes a bend

Alpine Skiing

Big names will test their slalom forms just two months out from PyeongChang 2018

male wheelchair basketball players hug eachother on the court

Wheelchair Basketball

Twenty-eight teams will compete in Germany this August

Marie Bochet was named as France's flagbearer for PyeongChang 2018.

PyeongChang 2018

Four-time Paralympic champion will be France’s flagbearer at Opening Ceremony of PyeongChang 2018

A Para skiier and her guide ski down the slope

PyeongChang 2018

Nine athletes have been selected to represent ParalympicsGB

Australia's Kyle Bridgewood goes head-to-head with Slovakia's Jozef Metelka at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Cycling

Sixteen riders will compete at March’s track World Championships in Rio, Brazil.

a group of wheelchair rugby players pose on the court with their medals

Wheelchair Rugby

Twelve teams will battle for World Championships glory in Australia

USA women's sitting volleyball team

Sitting Volleyball

Netherlands will stage competition with the world's best 16 male and female teams competing

Skier Arthur Bauchet on the slopes

PyeongChang 2018

The nation also finished fifth four years ago in Sochi

WADA Doping Control Video

The updated list first published on 29 September 2017, came into force on 1 January 2018

Blindefolded football team celebrating

Blind Football

Sixteen teams will battle it out for gold in what promises to be an exciting summer

Declan Farmer

PyeongChang 2018

The team of 17 will compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Two wooden emblems for Toyko 2020

Tokyo 2020

Sankei Shimbun and Hokkaido Shimbun Press join as domestic third tier partners

Leomon Silva of Brazil scored 51 goals at the 2014 Goalball World Championships

Goalball

Brazil and USA out to defend men’s and women’s titles from 2014

a female Para triathlete stands on the podium and bites her gold medal

Triathlon

Athletes pick up 39 medals in 2017 after topping the standings at Rio 2016

winter sports athletes and the mascot for the Winter Games

PyeongChang 2018

The PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games are almost here

a male wheelchair tennis player holds up a trophy

Wheelchair Tennis

We look back on the most memorable moments this year

A group of Para ice hockey players pose with their trophy on the ice

PyeongChang 2018

Roster for PyeongChang 2018 will be announced live on 1 January

2017 IPC Top 50 Moments: No 1

Brazilian succeeds Sir Philip Craven who stands down after 16 years in the role

Powerlifting

Rehab Abougharbya tested positive during in-competition test in May

2017 IPC Top 50 Moments: No 2

IPC’s work recognised with the prestigious LUI Che Woo prize