PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
US National Ice Sledge Hockey team announced
Team USA for the 2014-15 season features 17 players, include 11 Sochi 2014 gold medallists.

Eight to watch at the 2014 European Para-Archery Championships
Starting this Saturday (26 July) 150 of Europe’s best archers will line-up ready to win gold.

Finland’s Leinonen wins gold in gripping final
Minna Leinonen claimed a dramatic gold by just 0.1 on day five (23 July) of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.
Scholars Poncelas and Eckhard aiming for home success at UCI World Cup
UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup takes place this weekend (25-27 July) in Segovia, Spain.

IPC publishes 2013 Annual Report
After a busy year for para-sport, the IPC has published its achievements from 2013.

Swiss team named for Swansea 2014
Marcel Hug and Manuela Schaer headline the Swiss team for the IPC Athletics European Championships

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games set to start
Around 300 para-athletes from 20 countries will compete in 22 medal events across five sports, the most ever.

The meeting of dancers Sedakov and Kukushina
Russian wheelchair dance couple Maksim Sedakov and Svetlana Kukushina first met through a chance encounter but Sedakov has gone on to dance at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Irish swimmer Keane shifts from education to Eindhoven 2014
Ellen Keane will compete at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, having become a Paralympian even before finishing her exams.
Great Britain announces Para-Equestrian Dressage squad for World Equestrian Games
Team of five will compete in Normandy, France, between 23 August and 7 September