PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Brazil wins Rio 2016 goalball test event
The 2016 Paralympics hosts defeated Lithuania in the final match to claim gold.

Salou 2016: Ukraine wins Pre-Paralympic Tournament
The 2015 Worlds runners-up defeated Brazil in the last major competition before Rio 2016.

What makes the perfect…long jump?
Germany’s Paralympic, world and European champion Markus Rehm explains what it takes to jump over eight metres.

Uruguay’s Henry Borges set to make history at Rio 2016
The 33-year-old judoka will become the first Uruguayan athlete to compete at three different Paralympic Games.

IWRF announces 2016 European Championships
The two wheelchair rugby events are the first stages in qualification for the 2018 World Championships.

British Judo set to host Judo Grand Prix ahead of Rio 2016
The event will take place in Walsall, England, between 4 and 5 June.

Sport week: Six goalball storylines for Rio 2016
Here are six potential goalball storylines to follow ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Suriname’s Biondi Misasi aims to qualify for his third Paralympics
The 100m T12 and long jump T12 athlete is confident he will compete at Rio 2016 and win his country's first Paralympic medal.

World record count climbs to 28 at swimming Euros
World records for Ukraine’s Oksana Khrul and Russia’s Valeriia Shabalina close competition in Funchal, Portugal.

Off the Beaten Track with Australia’s Evan O’Hanlon
The T38 sprinter won two golds at London 2012 and will aim to win more at Rio 2016.