Canadian Para-ice hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki features in a newly-released Adidas advert having signed a three-year contract with the major sportswear manufacturer earlier this year.

Paralympic champions Andrew Kurka and Laurie Stephens have been named in the United States Paralympics Alpine skiing team for the new season. 

Altenberg and Dresden in Germany will host the first joint World Cup event between the International Ski Federation (FIS) and World Para Nordic Skiing in January next year. 

The Norwegian Sliding Sports Federation (NABSF) has announced plans to host a Para bobsleigh school in Lillehammer ahead of the World Cup season.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended South Korean Para-ice hockey player and Paralympic medallist Yu Man-gyun for six months for an anti-doping violation.

Berlin has been announced as host of the 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships B-Pool.

Russian cross-country skier Nadezhda Fedorova, a member of the neutral team at last year's Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, has been given a four-year doping ban.

Alpine Canada has nominated 55 athletes to its national Alpine, Para-Alpine and ski cross teams for the 2019-2020 season – a special year for the organisation as it prepares to celebrate 100 years of ski racing in the country.

Swedish Para Sport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee secretary general Johan Strid has expressed his delight at Östersund being chosen to host the 2020 World Para Biathlon Championships.

US Paralympics has announced the five Para-Nordic skiers named to the national team and two skiers named to the development team for the 2019-2020 season.

Östersund in Sweden has been announced as the venue for the 2020 World Para Biathlon Championships.

Brody Roybal scored an overtime winner as Paralympic gold medallists the United States beat Canada to clinch a record-equalling fourth title at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava.

Defending champions Canada are set to face Paralympic gold medallists the United States in the final for the fourth consecutive World Para Ice Hockey Championships after both teams recorded comfortable semi-final wins in Ostrava.

Åre and Östersund in Sweden are set to jointly host the 2023 World Para Snow Sports Championships.