Canada will defend its first world since 2017 as hosts USA aim to reclaim the crown at the eight-team tournament, where five qualification slots at next year's Paralympic Winter Games are up for grabs

Over 250 athletes from 40 countries - including Paris 2024 Paralympic champions - will be in action at the sixth World Para Athletics Grand Prix of the season in Switzerland from 23-25 May

With less than one year to go until Milano Cortina 2026, let's take a look at the Netherlands' top moments from the Paralympic Winter Games

Team Canada heads to the World Para Ice Hockey Championships on a high and the team to beat after winning the world title last year for the first time since 2017

Returning to the site of their 2015 World Para Ice Hockey Championships triumph, the hosts aim to reclaim their crown after last year’s setback

Paris 2024 champions including USA's Jaydin Blackwell and Ecuador's Kiara Rodriguez join Colombia's Palomeque and Lemos with new world records at the first-ever World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Colombia

Czech Republic will make history if they achieve a third consecutive podium finish after taking bronze medals in the last two editions of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships

Fourth place in their first two participations in the World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool, the Chinese team will be aiming for their first podium finish this month in the USA

Dutch Paralympic champion equals her own world record in the women's long jump T62, while Spain's Judith Tortosa breaks the world record in the women's 400m T72 at 20th edition of the traditional Para athletics event in Spain

Since he first jumped in a kayak, Algerian Paralympic canoe champion Brahim Guendouz knew he had found the place he was meant to be