The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March.
Shooting
Six badminton players and 12 shooters have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Alpine Skiing
With under one week to go until his home alpine skiing World Championships, the teenager talks of his hopes.
America
Experts from around the world have until 31 January to submit their abstracts for September’s event in Canada.
Cross-Country Skiing
Ukraine also picked up five more home victories at the Western Center.
The Paralympic Movement is being asked to help celebrate role models, influencers and unsung heroes who help to grow female representation in Para sport.
Great Britain
The ParalympicsGB Senior Leadership Team for the Paralympic Winter Games was also confirmed, with Chief Executive Tim Hollingsworth taking the position of Secretary General again.
Powerlifting
Six canoeists and 11 powerlifters have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Alpine Skiing
Both skiers won the women’s sitting and visually impaired super combined respectively in Innerkrems, Austria, on Sunday (15 January).
Cross-Country Skiing
The Ukrainian secured her fourth cross-country World Cup win of the season on Sunday (15 January), after losing out in the middle distance classic.
America
The 18-year-old judoka is hoping to successfully defend her title from Buenos Aires 2013 at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.
Goalball
Eight sitting volleyball and six goalball players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Blind Football
Paralympic and world champions Brazil hold first, followed by South American rivals Argentina, China, Spain, Turkey and Iran.
Cross-Country Skiing
The host country’s Para Nordic skiers won two golds, three silvers and four bronzes in Western Center.
Alpine Skiing
The Swiss sit-skier won the super-G at the World Cup in Innerkrems, Austria, beating New Zealand’s world champion Corey Peters.
Shooting
As one of the most success shooters of the Paralympics, the two time gold medallist’s favorite Rio memories are hardly surprise.
Alpine Skiing
All speed and technical events at the last major Championships ahead of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be shown fully live at Paralympic.org.
Judo
Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Cross-Country Skiing
The name was selected after a competition on social media.
Table Tennis
The German table tennis player won the gold medal in the men’s class 3 singles and also in class 4-5 team events at the US Open.