Paralympic gold medallists and defending champions the United States were beaten 2-1 on day one of the World Para Ice Hockey Championship by Canada, the Paralympic and world silver medallists.

Spectators will be allowed - within COVID-19 guidelines - at the World Para Ice Hockey Championship due to start in Ostrava tomorrow.

World Para Snow Sports has announced a sponsorship and supply agreement with Ecoaims - a Finnish provider of shooting equipment for visually-impaired biathlon.

A World Para Snow Sports classifier course which concluded this month attracted almost 50 medical and sport professionals from 21 countries - twice the expected number.

Hosts the Czech Republic will take on Paralympic bronze medallists South Korea in the opening match of this year's World Para Ice Hockey Championship in Ostrava.

Double Paralympic skiing champion Mac Marcoux has been named as the 2021 winner of the John Semmelink Memorial Award - the highest recognition in Canadian snow sport.

The United States claimed the gold medal at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship after defeating Switzerland 4-3 in the final at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja in Finland.

World Para Ice Hockey has opened the bidding process for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament, inviting potential host venues to send in their submissions.

World Para Snow Sports has rescheduled its postponed inaugural World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer in Norway for January 2022.

United States rider Keith Gabel dedicated his two snowboard cross victories at the World Para Snowboard World Cup Finals to three-time Paralympic champion Bibian Mentel-Spee.

Tributes have been paid to three-time Paralympic gold medallist Bibian Mentel-Spee, who has died at the age of 48 following a long-term battle with cancer.

Russia’s Vladislav Lekomtsev earned a sixth gold medal as the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup season concluded in Vuokatti.

Russian Vladislav Lekomtsev claimed his fifth successive gold in Vuokatti as he starred on the first of two days of biathlon races at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup.

There were no new names at the top of the podium in Vuokatti as the cross-country events came to a close at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup.