PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Netherlands: 11 facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
With only one athlete winning all 10 Paralympic Winter Games medals to date, the Netherlands will hope to diversify at Sochi.

NPC Cape Verde opens first headquarters
Fifteen years after joining the Paralympic Movement, NPC Cape Verde now has an office to call home.

Poland: 10 facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
The cross-country skiing power house will head to Sochi with a strong team once again.
France to send 14 athletes to Sochi 2014 Paralympics
Alpine skiers Marie Bochet and Vincent Gauthier-Manuel are expected to headline France’s Sochi 2014 team.

Alexandra Rickham returns to Miami for gold
The first ISAF Sailing World Cup of 2014 was dominated by the British favourites.

Sochi 2014 Paralympics broadcast rights in New Zealand awarded to Attitude Pictures
New Zealand to receive free-to-air coverage of Winter Paralympic Games

Mentel-Spee claims six-from-six at IPCAS Snowboard World Cup Finals
The Netherlands’s Bibian Mentel-Spee continued her stunning form on Tuesday (11 February) in La Molina, Spain, by claiming victory at the IPCAS Snowboard World Cup Finals to maintain her 100 per cent record for the season.

Five things to know: Russia's sledge hockey team
Can the host nation’s sledge hockey team medal at Sochi 2014 in their Paralympic debut?

Australia’s Dylan Alcott returns to first love
The Melbourne native has swapped wheelchair basketball for wheelchair tennis, and is now the No. 10 quads player in the world.

BISFed reveal new 2014 boccia world rankings
With seven months to go until the 2014 BISFed Boccia World Championships, take a look at the athletes to beat.