PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair fencing year to kick off in Malchow
Germany's Simone Briese-Baetke will approach the first major wheelchair fencing event of 2014 with steely determination in her home country.

Canada’s women’s wheelchair basketball team announced
Find out who made Canada’s squad for when they host the 2014 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

Greg Leperdi: Ice sledge hockey to be a Sochi hit
With Italy broadcasting the Sochi 2014 Paralympics and players reaching out to the sport’s newcomers, the Italian forward thinks it will catch on more after the Games.

Schaffelhuber, Gallagher and Bochet all impress in Panorama
German sit-skier Schaffelhuber wins four from four, whilst Gallagher and Bochet secure third wins.
Russia upend Sweden on Podolsk ice
Russia defeated Sweden and Norway beat the Czech Republic at the International Sledge Hockey Tournament.

International Paralympic Committee Selects Octoshape to Stream Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Ten Days of Games to be delivered by Infinite HD-M(TM)

President of the Palestinian Paralympic Committee passes away
The IPC has learned that the Palestinian Paralympic Committee President Akram Okkeh sadly passed away on Saturday 11 January 2014.

Reid claims historic double at Sydney Super Series
Great Britain’s Gordon Reid becomes the first British player to win a men’s Super Series wheelchair tennis title, whilst team-mate Lucy Shuker wins the women’s doubles title in Sydney.

Five things to know: Italy's sledge hockey team
Find out why Italy are going into the Sochi 2014 Paralympics with little to lose as the seventh-ranked team.

Schaffelhuber completes hat-trick of World Cup wins in Panorama
Brits Gallagher and Evans also secure second victory in successive days