Para Sport

Jose Mariano Beltrame, state security secretary for Rio de Janeiro, has spoken of his concerns over cuts to the Brazilian city’s budget ahead of hosting this summer’s Olympic Games, stating that the decision is likely to have an impact on police levels during the multi-sport event.

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has today (Monday) outlined part of a 43 point plan that will place sport at the very heart of the French capital and seek to leverage the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid as a catalyst for the reinvention of the city.

The city council of Rio de Janeiro has formed a commission to investigate whether corruption affected infrastructure projects for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) has been given a legacy boost after South Korea’s government confirmed that two ice sports venues scheduled for demolition after the Games will now remain in place.

Jason Ferguson, president of the World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS), has said that the organisation will continue its drive for snooker to feature at the Olympics by launching a new bid for its inclusion at the 2024 Games, as well as that year’s Paralympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 is closing in on finalising its venue masterplan for the Paralympic Games after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) approved the facilities that will stage powerlifting and track cycling.

Paris 2024, the organising committee behind the French capital’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, has today (Tuesday) launched a public engagement initiative as part of an effort to gather ideas from citizens of the country.

The Lagardère Sports agency has been commissioned by Budapest 2024 to lead an international consortium to advise the Hungarian capital on its bid to host the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The head of the California Senate has introduced a bill that will provide up to $250m (€226.9m) in financial guarantees as part of Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said PyeongChang is on course to deliver a successful 2018 winter Olympic Games, but has maintained a lot of work remains in the remaining two years before the event.

World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset has confirmed he will not seek re-election in May and will instead focus on his role as co-chairman of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games bid committee.

Rio 2016 has said it will embark on a drive to boost domestic ticket sales for the Olympic Games, as the local organising committee today (Wednesday) presented its latest update on preparations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

French prosecutors investigating corruption in world athletics have expanded their probe to include the bidding and voting processes that led to Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo being awarded hosting rights to the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, according to The Guardian.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has called on Rio 2016 to focus on engaging the Brazilian public ahead of this summer’s Paralympic Games.

The Swedish city of Östersund will stage the 2016 Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships after being awarded hosting rights to the tournament by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

IPC Athletics, the global governing body of para-athletics, has opened a bidding process for its 2019 World Championships, the final major international track and field event prior to the 2020 summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo.