NEWS FROM THE AMERICAS

Dressed in green and seated in a wheelchair, a player looks on as another lies face down with his wheel broken from his chair.

Wheelchair Rugby

Gold medal favourites start well at IWRF World Championships

Toronto 2015

Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games can have a similar impact to London 2012 claims APC President

An aerial view of the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Rio 2016 works progressing

A picture of a man swimming

Silverman smashes 400m freestyle world record

A Danish player wearing red loses control of the white ball as he is sandwiched between two Australian players wearing green.

Wheelchair Rugby

Big four remain unbeaten at IWRF World Championships

Toronto 2015 emblem

Canadian Paralympic Committee Celebrates One Year to Go to TO2015

Rio event block

Rio 2016 education programme officially added to city schools curriculum

Maddison Elliott

Top stars line-up at Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

A group of four players in wheelchairs - two per side - fight for the ball during a wheelchair rugby match.

Wheelchair Rugby

IWRF World Championships: Wednesday preview

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair Rugby

IWRF World Championships: Day two preview

Swirly pattern of birghts colours depicting the landmarks of Rio.

Rio 2016 launches the Look of the Games

Anti-Doping Laboratory

Brazilian Powerlifter Emerson Barbosa banned for life

Roberta Sheffield Canada para-equestrian

Equine Canada name team for Normandy

Players in wheelchairs lining up and high five

Wheelchair Rugby

USA aiming for fifth wheelchair rugby world title

USA cycling

US Paralympics names team for UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

4 hockey players in sledges chat

Para Ice Hockey

US National Ice Sledge Hockey team announced