PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Australia names Rio 2016 Para canoe team
Reigning men’s KL2 world champion Curtis McGrath will lead the six-person roster into September’s Games.

Sport Week: History of table tennis
Para table tennis was one of the original eight Paralympic sports that featured in Rome 1960.

The 24th world record of Grosseto 2016 falls as Poland's Ewa Durska wins European shot put title
The penultimate session of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships saw a world record in the field.

Great Britain announce Rio 2016 Para cycling team
Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy will spearhead the 15-strong British Para cycling team at September’s Paralympic Games.

Webborn awarded OBE for services to Paralympic sports medicine
IPC Medical Committee member Nick Webborn has been awarded an OBE in the British Queen’s birthday honours list.

World records for Great Britain and Germany on the fifth morning at Grosseto 2016
Great Britain finishes 1-2-3-4 in the women's club throw F31/32/51 in Wednesday's morning session.

Snow sports classifier training takes place
A total of 22 participants took part in three days of training in Nordic skiing, alpine skiing and snowboard.

Sport Week: Table tennis venue
There will be eight competition tables, with 16 other tables for warm-ups, inside the Riocentro Pavillion 3 venue.

Grosseto 2016: Mixed zone flashquotes from day five
Straight from the mixed zone, here is what the athletes had to say at the IPC Athletics European Championships at the end of their event.

More golds for Great Britain and Russia at Grosetto 2016
Great Britain and Russia continued their race to the top of the podium on the penultimate day of the IPC Athletics European Championships winning six gold medals each