Para Sport

Los Angeles City Council has delayed a decision on whether the city should move ahead with a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, stating it needs more time to digest details of a draft plan revealed earlier this week.

Owen Evans asks the Paralympic Movement how it is planning on using lessons learned in Sochi to break down cultural barriers in the Middle East at the inaugural IPC World Championships in Doha.

Japan’s Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo has said he cannot guarantee that organisers of Tokyo’s Olympic Games will be able to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) demand that the city’s new National Stadium is delivered by January 2020.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has selected Rotterdam as the host of its 2016 Paratriathlon World Championships.

The Japanese government today (Friday) approved guidelines for Tokyo’s new National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games, pledging to develop an athlete-friendly venue as cost-effectively as possible ahead of a targeted completion date of March 2020.

Beijing bid committee members today (Friday) reflected on creating Olympic history after being awarded hosting rights to the 2022 winter Games, as defeated Almaty pledged to maintain its efforts to turn the city into a major winter sports hub.

The bid teams from Almaty and Beijing have made their final cases for selection as the destination for the 2022 winter Olympic Games, as the rocky road towards the assignment of the host city rights comes to an end tomorrow (Friday).

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has criticised Boston for not delivering on its promises in the wake of its failed bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, adding the US Olympic Committee (USOC) is “committed” to delivering a replacement candidate.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Tuesday) unveiled changes to the bidding procedure for the 2024 Olympic Games and improvements to the host city contract for the 2022 winter Games as officials weighed up the news of Boston’s withdrawal as a bid city for the former event.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has today (Friday) ordered a complete review of plans for Tokyo’s National Stadium project in a major about-turn on the development which is set to see it shelved as the main venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

The International Paralympic Committee Swimming organisation has switched the dates of its 2016 European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal to avoid clashing with the European Swimming League (LEN) European Aquatics Championships.

The runners and riders for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games officially grew to five today (Wednesday) as the city of Budapest and Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) confirmed their intention to bid.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has unveiled its latest four year Strategic Plan, outlining goals of consolidating the growth of the Paralympic Games, increasing global participation in para-sport and improving the recognition and value of the Paralympic brand.

Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira will host the 2016 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Open Championships.

Budapest has today (Tuesday) taken another major step towards joining Boston, Hamburg, Rome and Paris in the race for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games after the city’s municipal assembly voted with an overwhelming majority to support a Hungarian bid.

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has approved new events in snowboarding, freestyle skiing, speedskating and curling for the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.