PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Croatia

Table tennis star Sandra Paovic and athlete Zoran Talic picked up the two biggest awards of the night in Zagreb.

Brazil

The event celebrated Ernst & Young’s support of the Rio 2016 Paralympics

Rio 2016

US wheelchair racer has put basketball career on backburner to focus on adding to his five Paralympic Games athletics medals in Brazil.

Ireland

Irish Sports Council increases funding to EUR 1,178,000 as Rio 2016 fast approaches.

Wheelchair Tennis

The Argentine won his first title of the year with victory over Belgium’s Joachim Gerard.

Snowboard

All snowboard-cross and banked slalom competitions from 23-28 February will be streamed live at ParalympicSport.TV.

Alpine Skiing

Lanzinger, Loesch, Bochet and Francois all secure wins on the first day of competition in Sella Neva, Italy.

Alpine Skiing

Paralympic champions are part of a new sponsorship programme launched by Marca.

Athletics

The world’s fastest Paralympian gives an insight into his heroes as part of a new IPC Athletics series for the 2015 season

Alpine Skiing

British snowboarder Ben Moore was hitch-hiking in Lake Louise when he was picked up by a member of the Canada para-snowboard team.

Cross-Country Skiing

Masters and Soule secure their second consecutive wins on Sunday in Asahikawa, Japan.

Paralympic silver medallists claimed their second world title in three years with victory over China.

Cycling

Australian para-cyclist could complete at remarkable triple double at this summer’s UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.

Cross-Country Skiing

Wins for France’s Benjamin Daviet and US teammates Andrew Soule and Oksana Masters at World Cup in Asahikawa, Japan.

Alpine Skiing

Some of Europe’s best skiers have delayed their travels to North America for the 2015 Worlds, and will compete for honours from Monday (16 February).

Cross-Country Skiing

The IPC Nordic Skiing cross-country World Cup in Asahikawa, Japan, will gather 50 athletes from nine countries.

Alpine Skiing

As well as the finals in San Martino di Castrozza, an additional World Cup in Maribor Slovenia, has also been added to the calendar.

Swimming

US 400m freestyle S10 world and Paralympic champion Ian Silverman is targeting titles in shorter events in 2015, aiming to get past Brazil’s multiple world and Paralympic champion Andre Brasil.

Wheelchair Curling

Russia and Slovakia will determine the second finalist in the sole semi-final

Goalball

July’s event will be the biggest in Lithuanian Paralympic sporting history