PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Goalball

Both the men and women’s teams took the European titles, making it the first time both will appear at a Paralympic Games together.

Alpine Skiing

The Austrian Paralympic champion lost his world titles in 2015 but will use the coming World Cup season to made amends.

Rio 2016

The treat manufacturer will support athletes in their quest to ‘bring on the joy’ at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Find out who won the Sport, Media and BP Courage Awards for their work at Sochi 2014.

Wheelchair Tennis

The World Tennis Championships will come to the Delaware in June.

Powerlifting

The 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships begin on 24 November and will be the biggest European Championships in history.

Swimming

The Norwegian will deputise for Chairperson Jane Blaine and monitor the progress of IPC Swimming’s Strategic Plan.

Swimming

Everything went according to plan for the Spanish swimmer, who aims to win her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Switzerland

Swiss International Air Lines will support the teams on their way to major sporting events.

Sailing

The International Federation has honed in this year on developing the sport.

Boccia

The top teams in the Americas went into overtime at the BC4 pairs finals in the Parapan American Games.

Alpine Skiing

Twenty one Paralympic champions and World Championship medallists have been listed as Ones to Watch for the upcoming season.

USA

The telecommunication service provider will sponsor the USA's National Wheelchair Basketball Association.

The IPC pays tribute to Nugent, who is credited for leading the way in para-sports and accessibility from his professional base at the University of Illinois.

Snowboard

A new guide to the 2015-16 season, including athlete biographies, statistics and information about the sport has been published for the first time.

Iceland

Hundreds of people came to see and try para-sport in the country’s capital Reykjavik.

Tokyo 2020

The venue masterplan was presented by Tokyo 2020 to the IPC Governing Board at its meeting in Mexico City on Thursday (12 November)

Swimming

An advisory group of 12 experts will work to develop and optimise the competition programme for World Championships and Paralympic Games.

Powerlifting

Full livestream available at www.eger2015.org for last and biggest regional Championships of 2015.