PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Eindhoven set to stage 2014 Swimming Euros
Swimmers will return to the Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium on their road to the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Croatia: Seven facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
After four Paralympic Winter Games, and starved of a gold medal since Beijing 2008, Croatia will be hungry to perform well at Sochi 2014.

Finland to host 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championships
Find out which seven teams have already qualified for the World Championships, which will be held in Lohja, Finland.

Austria and USA collect six alpine World Cup podiums
Downhill races see triple success for Austria and USA, as Switzerland and Germany also pick-up podiums at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.

USA announce para-Nordic skiing Sochi 2014 nominees
A total of 16 skiers and two guides named to Sochi 2014 team, including 10-time summer Paralympic Games medallist Tatyana Mcfadden and America's first ever Olympic or Paralympic biathlon medallist, Andy Soule.

Five things to know: Norway's sledge hockey team
Norway head into Sochi 2014 with a mix of youth and veterans hoping to medal for the sixth straight Paralympics.

Armenia: Six facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
Armenia’s alpine skiers will hope to represent their country again at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Czech Republic: Eight facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
Traditionally strong in skiing, the Czech Republic’s strongest medal chances are in ice sledge hockey at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Philippe Mees becomes new NPC Belgium President
Anne d’Ieteren will now serve as Vice President and Secretary General of the Paralympic Movement in Belgium.

Biathlon World Cup winners decided
All overall winners of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup biathlon events are Russian following middle distance races at Oberried, Germany, on Sunday (26 January).