International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has welcomed the appointment by Rio 2016 of IPC vice-president Andrew Parsons as chair of the Games’ Paralympic Integration Committee and insisted that it is ‘encouraged’ by developments in preparing for the event.

Under-fire organisers of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have received a welcome boost after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) revealed that National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) are “impressed” by progress made towards staging the Games.

UK Athletics has appointed Sally Bolton as managing director of the organising committee for London’s hosting of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships and International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athletics World Championships in 2017.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has opened the bidding processes for the 2017 Swimming World Championships and 2018 Swimming European Championships.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that Cable in the US state of Wisconsin will host the 2015 Nordic Skiing World Championships.

The Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games has already set a new record for ticket sales, organisers have announced.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the sports of badminton and taekwondo will advance to the second phase of the application process to become a part of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games programme.

The International Paralympic Committee will stage its 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven on August 4-10.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that six sports and three disciplines have applied to be added to the sporting programme for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has submitted a letter of intent for para-badminton to be considered for inclusion at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has re-elected Sir Philip Craven president for a fourth successive term following yesterday’s elections at the IPC general assembly in Athens.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has published strategic plans for the nine Paralympic sports it acts as the international federation for.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC)’s president Sir Philip Craven will face fellow Briton Alan Dickson at the body’s governing board elections in November.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has named Kuala Lumpur as host of the 2013 IPC Asian Open’s powerlifting championships, following Gwangju pulling out of holding the event.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has named Torino host of its ice sledge hockey Paralympic winter Games qualification tournament this year.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and The London Marathon have agreed a four-year contract extension for the IPC Marathon World Cup.