Para Sport

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has extended a partnership with analytics provider Nielsen Sports through to the 2020 summer Games in Tokyo.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Wednesday) released the report by its Evaluation Commission into the bids of Los Angeles and Paris for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, stating their proposals are as “good as it can possibly get” for the multi-sport showpiece.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will not take part in this year’s vote to select a host city for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

North Korean International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Chang Ung has poured cold water on the prospect of a partnership with South Korea for the staging of the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, stating there isn’t enough time to come to such an agreement.

Organisers behind Innsbruck’s proposed bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have said the Austrian city could host the event on a budget of €1.175bn ($1.32bn) thanks to a plan that would avoid the development of new permanent infrastructure.

Calgary’s staging of the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games would likely cost C$4.6bn (€3.05bn/$3.42bn) should the Canadian city successfully bid for the event, according to a new report.

Zhang Haidi of China has confirmed her application to succeed Sir Philip Craven as the president of the International Paralympic Committee, joining three other candidates who had already been unveiled.

Los Angeles 2024 has enhanced its bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by agreeing partnerships with North American basketball leagues the NBA and WNBA.

Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has said the country could bid to host the 2028 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) has signalled its intention to return to the Olympic Games bidding circle after making an appointment designed to drive such ambitions.

A public hearing in Rio de Janeiro has hit out at the lack of legacy planning for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, criticising the “white elephants” of the venues developed for the events.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today (Monday) said there is a “strong chance” that Russia will be banned from competing in the 2018 winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, Korea, if it does not fulfil its obligations to anti-doping efforts by September.

Brazil’s municipal and federal governments have been asked by the body that oversaw the Rio 2016 summer Games in the country to help in paying back a deficit of R117m (€34m/$38m) that was generated by last year’s Paralympics.

France’s newly-elected President, Emmanuel Macron, threw his weight behind Paris’ bid to secure the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) concluded its visit to the capital today (Tuesday).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it has no plans to move the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games from Pyeongchang in South Korea despite ongoing tensions with neighbouring country North Korea.

The International Paralympic Committee has expressed its encouragement at the progress being made by the Tokyo 2020 organising committee ahead of the Games in the Japanese capital.