PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

French NPC donate low cost equipment to six countries
Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Senegal and the Central African Republic all set for low-cost racing chairs

Football 7-a-side Intercontinental Cup draws top teams
Sixteen teams will fight for eight World Championship qualification spots on the pitch in Barcelona, Spain.

Lyon 2013 - Day five evening review
Mandy Francois-Elie brought the home crowd to its feet at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

Czech sledge team not getting any younger for Sochi
Ahead of the Sochi 2014 Test Event, the Czech Republic’s ice sledge hockey team realise the next Paralympics could be their last together as a core group.

Promising Irish team heading to Montreal
Six athletes, all from London 2012, return to international competition at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Champs.

Lyon 2013 - Day six morning review
South Africa's Ilse Hayes won the long jump F13 and Canada's Michelle Stilwell claimed gold in the 800m T52 race at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

USA announce Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey roster
Steve Cash, Josh Pauls and Taylor Chace are among the names who made it on to the USA’s roster for Sochi 2014.
Lyon 2013 - day six athlete quotes
Read what the athletes had to say after they came off the track and field

Peacock-Browne rivalry growing para-athletics
The USA's Richard Browne said winning gold over Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock in the 100m T44 sprint final would be a dream come true.

Lyon 2013 - Day five preview
French favourites Mandy Francois-Elie and Marie-Amelie le Fur, as well as Belgium’s Marieke Vervoort and Canada’s Michelle Stilwell will be in action.