PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC to stage major event in Berlin to mark 25 year anniversary
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will stage a major conference for its membership in Berlin, Germany, this October to mark its 25th anniversary and plan for the future.
Slovakian success at alpine World Cup giant slalom
Henrietta Farkasova and Jakub Krako claim first places on the podium at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup.
Morten Vaernes: Top 10 sledge hockey players of all-time
Norwegian defenceman Morten Vaernes picks out the greatest sledge hockey players in history leading up to the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

World Cup wins for Rothfuss, Etherington, Salcher
Swiss and Italian skiers also ski to victory in IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.

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.