Paralympic Games

Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Vincenzo Novari is set to be replaced as chief executive of the local organising committee for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, according to la Repubblica.
Olympic Games
Events

The Paris 2024 organising committee has unveiled the first details of the ticketing programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, announcing that a total of 13
Para Sport
Events

The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games closed yesterday, with the International Paralympic Committee praising China's hosting and sporting performance, and hopeful media reports that the event will have…
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Irish banking group Permanent TSB has signed as the title sponsor for both the Irish Olympic and Irish Paralympic teams at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Para Sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

ParalympicsGB, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Paralympic team, has agreed a late sponsorship deal with the Aldi supermarket chain as it takes part in the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing
Para Sport
Events

Russian officials have said plans are being drawn up to host a winter Para sports competition for athletes excluded from the ongoing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China
Paralympic Games
Events

The International Paralympic Committee has changed course on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the forthcoming 2022 winter Paralympic Games, removing them from the event in Beijing…
Para Sport
Media

France Télévisions, the French public broadcaster, has committed to showing 300 hours of live coverage from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after emerging as the winner of the tender process launched b…
Multi-sport
Events

The total cost of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo was $1.8bn (€1.6
Multi-sport
Events

The total cost of the postponed 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo could be lower than ¥1.5tn (€11.7bn/$13.3bn) as the absence of spectators helped to cut costs, according to a new report.
Multi-sport
Attendance

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games have targeted selling all three million tickets for the event, breaking London 2012’s record of 2.7 million sold.
Para Sport
Finance & Law

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons has hailed a “herculean effort” that has allowed the organisation to finish the financial year with a balanced budget.
Sailing
Events

World Sailing has today (Tuesday) officially launched its campaign for the sport to be reinstated to the programme for the Paralympic Games, seeking readmittance for the 2028 edition of the multi-sport…
Para Sport
Media

French broadcasters have been invited to bid for media rights to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after an invitation to tender process was launched by the Organising Committee
Para Sport
Governance

Nick Webborn has been appointed for a second term as chair of the British Paralympic Association following an open recruitment for the position
Multi-sport
Events

The Local Organising Committee for the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has declared that only domestic citizens will be permitted to attend the two events, while stricter rules will…
Para Sport
Governance

The International Paralympic Committee has conditionally reinstated wheelchair basketball to the sporting programme for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Para Sport
Events

The president of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto said she was “proud” of Japan for hosting the delayed Olympics and Paralympics despite the ongoing challenges around the Covid-19 pan…