Para Sport

The proposal for Brisbane to return to the Olympic bidding circle has taken a step forward after a group of mayors from across south-east Queensland backed the launch a study to determine whether the Australian city should compete to host the 2028 summer Games.

The International Paralympic Committee has announced that London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will host this year’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final on July 26.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has said “decisive steps” have been taken towards a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games as a new feasibility study was unveiled today (Thursday) detailing the French capital could make significant cost savings by utilising its array of existing sports facilities.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) has voted to support a study into the possibility of the country submitting a bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the addition of a further six sports to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics programme, with taekwondo set to feature at the Games for the first time.

World Karate Federation (WKF) president Antonio Espinos has met with organisers of Tokyo’s 2020 summer Olympic Games in order to make a case for the sport’s inclusion at the event.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will next year expand its IPC Athletics Grand Prix series to Oceania for the first time after it confirmed an event will be staged in Brisbane, Australia.

The SportBusiness International Sports Innovator of the Year recognises the sports executives who have made the most original business decisions throughout the past 12 months. This year's winner is IPC (International Paralympic Committee) President Sir Philip Craven.

Owen Evans talks to Sir Philip Craven – peacemaker, broadcast negotiator and marketer – about winning the SportBusiness International 2014 Innovator of the Year title.

The Invictus Games, an international sporting event for wounded former servicemen and women that debuted in London this year, is to return in 2016 and 2017 after organisers confirmed the launch of a bidding process to host future editions of the event.

Xavier Gonzalez, the chief executive of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has revealed “significant progress” in all areas of preparations for the 2016 summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has awarded its 2015 World Games multi-sport event to the Russian city of Sochi.

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to create a new ministerial post dedicated to overseeing preparations for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

IPC Athletics, the international federation for para-athletics, has announced that Dubai will host the inaugural edition of its new Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships from March 3-8, 2016.

IPC Athletics, the international organisation for para-athletics, has shifted the 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships from Doha, Qatar to London, UK.

Indonesia has been named as the host for the 2018 Asian Para Games by the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC).