Para Sport

IPC Athletics, the global governing body of para-athletics, has announced that the German capital of Berlin will host its 2018 European Para Athletics Championships.

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) is seeking a further W600bn (€460.6m/$507.4m) from the Korean government to aid preparations for the event.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has suspended the accreditation of the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro with little over a month remaining until the Olympic Games commence in the city.

The Agitos Foundation, the development arm of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has agreed a partnership with the Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Centre (NFPSC) as it seeks to boost the Paralympic brand in Asia ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Rome 2024 is facing fresh question marks over its bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games after Virginia Raggi of the 5-Star Movement was yesterday (Sunday) elected as the new Mayor of the Italian capital.

Yoshiro Mori, president of the organising committee for 2020 summer Olympic Games, has lamented the timing of Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe’s resignation over the inappropriate use of tax money, but insisted that the impact on preparations for the event will be limited in the long term.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has maintained that there is a “very low risk” of further international spread of the Zika virus as a result of Brazil’s hosting of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while interim Brazilian President Michel Temer and International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach have stated their confidence that a successful event will be staged.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to outline the principles of a new long-term cooperation between the two organisations.

New independent testing on various waterways in Rio de Janeiro that will stage events at this summer’s Olympic Games has discovered drug-resistant ‘super bacteria’ at a number of sites, according to Reuters.

The Brazilian government is considering an emergency loan to the cash-strapped state of Rio de Janeiro ahead of its staging of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to Reuters.

Rio 2016 has maintained that development work will be unaffected at the Deodoro cluster for the Olympic and Paralympic Games after federal police staged raids at the site connected to an ongoing investigation into potential corruption at Games-related infrastructure projects.

The PyeongChang organising committee for the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Pocog) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the regional administration that oversees the capital of South Korea.

The Swiss Olympic Committee has today (Wednesday) confirmed applications from five groups to take part in a process to develop a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The bidding field for a potential Swiss bid for the 2026 winter Olympics has narrowed today (Thursday) after the cantons of Valais and Vaud announced they would team up to launch a joint tilt at the Games.

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) has today (Wednesday) formed an investigation panel to look into allegations of illegal payments relating to Tokyo’s successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Paris City Council has given its approval to a new plan that aims to transform the French capital as part of the city’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.