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20-23 September

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Canada and China playing a Para ice hockey game

Canada, USA stay unbeaten after hard-fought wins in Buffalo

Defending champions edge China 4-2 and will play Czechia in the semifinals as Team USA beats Czechs 4-3 and now face China for a place in the final; Slovakia and Germany pick their first victories at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships

Team USA Para ice hockey celebrating a goal

Buffalo 2025: Favourites Canada and USA start strong

Reigning champions ice Germany in 11-0 victory while host USA routs Norway 12-0; Czechia defeats Slovakia and China escapes with a 6-3 third period comeback victory over Korea on opening day of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships

A Para ice hockey player from USA against a player from Canada

Buffalo 2025: Preview, stars and how to watch

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

The Czech Para Ice Hockey Team celebrating on ice

Buffalo 2025 Team Preview: Get to know Czechia

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

A Chinese Para ice hockey player in front of a Czech player

Buffalo 2025 Team Preview: Get to know China

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

A woman in prosthetic legs running in a competition

Fleur Jong equals world record at L’Hospitalet

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