PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that two powerlifters – United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Rashed Hassan Ahmed and Kazakhstan’s Oleg Gridassov - have been suspended and fined for separate Anti-Doping Rule violations committed at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Dubai, UAE.

After an incredible eight days of action, the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships were officially closed.

Sweden’s Martin Hall claimed gold, as well as Slovenia’s Veselka Pevec and Iran’s Mahdi Zamanishurabi as the falling target events conclude the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

Dutch Paralympic champion is looking forward to facing some of the world’s best wheelchair racers at August’s European Championships.

Two unofficial events conclude the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

BJ Marcoux had to make the agonising decision to hand over the reins of being his brother Mac’s guide at Sochi 2014 to Robin Femy, but the pair are working towards being back together at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

The Netherlands got off to a flying start beating Denmark 14-0 in their first group game of the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships.

China's Cuping Zhang and Turkey's Cevat Karagol were the gold medal winners on Thursday (24 July) at the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Australian teenage swimming sensation Rowan Crothers beat Matt Cowdrey and set an unofficial individual world record at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on Thursday (24 July) with a blistering gold medal winning performance in the men’s freestyle S9.

Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson will be looking for a 19th World Championship title on the penultimate day in Suhl.

Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson wins an incredible 19th World Championships gold, before hinting at retirement on Friday (25 July) in Suhl.

Paralympic and world champion looking forward to biggest and best ever IPC Athletics European Championships

Around 400 of the world’s best para-cyclists from 38 countries will be in Segovia, Spain, this weekend (25-27 July) for the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup, the last major event before next month’s World Championships in the USA.

Paralympian Mami Sato is one of the faces of #InsideTokyo2020

With two gold medals up for grabs, a number of the top stars are back in action.

The International Paralympic Committee’s development arm, the Agitos Foundation, on Wednesday (23 July) announced that 28 IPC member organisations from around the world will receive EUR 650,000 of funding through the second edition of its hugely successful Grant Support Programme.

Team USA for the 2014-15 season features 17 players, include 11 Sochi 2014 gold medallists.

Starting this Saturday (26 July) 150 of Europe’s best archers will line-up ready to win gold.

Mexican Paralympic champion Amalia Perez was injured for most of 2013 but secured silver behind rival Fatma Omar at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships and has vowed to be back in gold medal-winning form by Rio 2016.

After a busy year for para-sport, the IPC has published its achievements from 2013.