Para Sport

Paris 2024 co-chairman Tony Estanguet has said the bid committee’s sole focus is on returning the summer Olympic Games to the French capital for the first time in a century and that it has no interest in the prospect of securing hosting rights to the 2028 edition of the event.

The South Korean city of Pyeongchang has joined forces with Tokyo in Japan and the Chinese capital of Beijing to launch a new co-operation project, ahead of each city’s hosting of an upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Los Angeles 2024 bid chiefs have said US President Donald Trump will make changes to his travel ban should the city win the right to stage the summer Olympics, and have added that their sole focus is on the 2024 Games amid speculation the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could seek to award hosting rights to two events in September.

Budapest formally ended its bid for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games today (Wednesday) as a city council meeting saw heated exchanges over the failed effort.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is faced with the prospect of the bid race for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games being reduced to two contenders after a threshold was met to stage a referendum on Budapest’s bid.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has said its suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) will remain in place as the country has made “little material progress” in addressing the findings of the McLaren Report into doping in its sports system.

The World Rowing Federation’s (FISA) Extraordinary Congress has voted to replace the men’s lightweight four discipline with the women’s four at the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, in a move designed to help create gender equality.

US President Donald Trump has offered his full backing to Los Angeles’ bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games but has admitted he is unsure whether his stance on immigration will have a negative effect on the project.

The Swiss resort of Obersaxen has been assigned hosting rights for the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) has awarded hosting rights for the 2017 Asian Youth Para Games to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Gangneung in South Korea will host this year’s Para Ice Hockey World Championships, which will serve as a test event ahead of the 2018 Paralympic winter Games in Pyeongchang.

The governing board of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has insisted that its decision to turn down a request by the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) to enter athletes into upcoming qualification events for the 2018 winter Olympics “does not necessarily close the door” on Russian participation at the Games.

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has today (Friday) said it will press on with a potential bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games led by Stockholm following favourable results presented by a feasibility study.

Budapest 2024 has today (Thursday) hailed a “magnificent endorsement” of its plans to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as the city assembly gave its backing for the final candidature submission for the bid.

The French capital of Paris will host its first World Para Athletics Grand Prix event in May, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced

Los Angeles 2024 has announced the final proposed venues for the Californian city’s bid to stage the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.