International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

The Swiss Federal Court has refused to issue a preliminary injunction that would have allowed Russian athletes to compete at the Rio Paralympic Games.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko have slammed today’s (Tuesday’s) decision to maintain the country’s blanket ban from the forthcoming summer Paralympic Games as politically motivated, with the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) set to take its case to the Swiss Supreme Court.

Russia will find out next Monday if it has been successful in appealing against its ban from this year’s summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Russian Paralympic Committee president Vladimir Lukin has suggested that the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision to block Russian athletes from competing at the Rio 2016 summer Paralympic Games was “politically motivated” as he vowed to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected widespread calls to impose a complete ban on Russia from the forthcoming summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, instead electing to leave it to individual International Federations (IFs) to decide which athletes should be allowed to compete.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has announced that the 2018 edition of the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast will feature the most extensive para-sport program in the history of the multi-sport event.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has rejected a proposal to consider a 23rd sport for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, but has added four new international federations as members.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has entered into a partnership with event tickets and hospitality company Jet Set Sports as part of an effort to increase attendance at the Paralympic Games multi-sport event.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched an application process for sports to be included in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic winter Games.

Sir Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has praised organisers of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after plans were unveiled to improve accessibility at tourist attractions in the Brazilian city ahead of next year’s sporting spectacle.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that the bidding processes have been opened for the Alpine Skiing and Snowboard World Championships in 2019 and the Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon World Championships in 2021.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Sir Philip Craven has targeted a series of firsts for the 2016 summer Paralympic Games, as Rio de Janeiro today (Monday) marks the one-year countdown to the event.

Owen Evans asks the Paralympic Movement how it is planning on using lessons learned in Sochi to break down cultural barriers in the Middle East at the inaugural IPC World Championships in Doha.

IPC Snowboard, the global governing body for para-snowboard, has included its first events in North America and Asia on its 2015-16 calendar.

Beijing bid committee members today (Friday) reflected on creating Olympic history after being awarded hosting rights to the 2022 winter Games, as defeated Almaty pledged to maintain its efforts to turn the city into a major winter sports hub.

The International Paralympic Committee Swimming organisation has switched the dates of its 2016 European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal to avoid clashing with the European Swimming League (LEN) European Aquatics Championships.