PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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

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

Double World Cup delight for Bochet, Salcher and Schaffelhuber
Austria’s Markus Salcher, France’s Marie Bochet and Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber all secured their second wins of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Panorama, Canada, on Sunday (12 January) with victories in their respective super combined events.

Flags raised ahead of Asean Para Games
11 countries set to compete in 12 sports in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, from Tuesday (14 January).

IPC to livestream over 300 hours from Sochi 2014 Paralympics
• Five HD channels will show all winter sports live via www.paralympic.org• Team of writers will produce around 150 stories during the Games

Malone appointed as Paralympics Ireland Performance Manager
Three-time Paralympic swimming medallist Dave Malone has been appointed Paralympics Ireland Performance Manager.

USA beat Canada in exhibition sledge series
The Americans snapped the Canadians’ 16-game winning streak by taking two victories in their exhibition ice sledge hockey series.

World Cup super combined set for Sunday after weather delay
Heavy snow leads to 24 hour delay of super combined event which will now take place on Sunday.

IPC saddened by the passing of Thor Kleppe
Kleppe played a key role in the development of Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair Dance Sport

Kaufman, Polukhin and Budaleeva lead World Cup standings
The conclusion of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup shows competition is fierce heading into final two competitions in Germany before Sochi 2014.

Polukhin enjoys colder temperatures at Vuokatti biathlon
First day of biathlon races in IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup take place in -12 degrees Celcius, with Russians winning all six races.

Peter Ojala believes in Swedish underdogs
Why would Sweden’s ice sledge hockey team nominate a captain who’s making his Paralympic debut?
Bochet, Schaffelhuber and Salcher all winners at IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup
French skier Bochet continues where she left off in 2013 on a day when American skiers excelled.

Vote now for December’s Athlete of the Month
Nominees for the award include: Jing Rong, Nadiia and Ivan Sivak, Alena Kaufman, Andrea Rothfuss and Mokrane Mohamed.

Andrea Eskau picks up second cross-country win
Germany's Eskau concludes the cross-country races with a clean-sweep as Ukraine begin to challenge the Russians at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland.
Per Kasperi: My Sochi 2014 diet
Find out what Swedish ice sledge hockey star Per Kasperi eats for each meal as he trains for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

2014 US Paralympics Swimming national team named
US Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, has announced that 12 athletes, including six reigning world champions, have been named to the 2014 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National A Team.

NHK secure Paralympic rights in Japan for 2014 and 2016
NHK to broadcast more Paralympic coverage than ever before in Japan