Para Sport

The organising committees for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2021 World Masters Games have agreed a partnership designed to maximise the benefits and impact of each event in Japan.

The City of Calgary has voted to continue with plans over mounting a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with further funding for the effort set to be assessed next week.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today (Friday) launched what it claims will be the most competitive application process yet for a programme at the Paralympic Games, with no sports that are part of the 2020 summer Games guaranteed a place at the 2024 event in Paris.

Tokyo 2020 has claimed further progress in efforts to reduce the cost of the 2020 summer Olympic Games by stating that it has reduced the budget for facility development by Y41.3bn (€312.6m/$362.6m).

The Calgary Bid Exploration Committee (CBEC), a group formed to assess the viability of the Canadian city bidding for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, has wound up its operations ahead of a final decision by city council.

The Norwegian county of Telemark has outlined plans to launch a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Monday) named Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant and Patrick Baumann as chairmen of the Coordination Commissions for the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympic Games, respectively.

Papa Massata Diack, the man at the heart of multiple probes into the bidding processes for major sporting events, is said to have sent an email on the day Tokyo secured the right to stage the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games warning of the need to “lock” down African votes to prevent them going to rival bidder Madrid.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee for the Japanese capital city’s hosting of the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games have agreed to place a key focus on legacy as preparations continue the sporting spectacle.

The Swiss government has given its backing to Sion’s proposed bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, stating it will provide up to CHF995m (€872m/$1.04bn) to support the project.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has urged the Pyeongchang 2018 Organising Committee (POCOG) to increase awareness of the Korean county’s staging of next year’s winter Paralympic Games as the countdown to the event continues.

Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, has established a committee to investigate a possible bid for the 2026 or 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has spoken of its “disappointment” that Innsbruck will not enter the race to host the 2026 Games.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has confirmed that it is interested in bidding for the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but has admitted that it would prefer to stage the 2030 event so as not to interfere with Los Angeles’ hosting of the 2028 summer Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has wrapped up its latest inspection visit to Tokyo with a vow to cut costs for the 2020 summer Olympics, as the issue of water pollution at the Games again returned to the surface.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has rescheduled its 2017 World Para Swimming and World Para Powerlifting Championships to run between November 27 and December 7 after local authorities in Mexico City said they are keen to use the event to demonstrate the Mexican capital’s recovery following last month’s devastating earthquake.

The organising committee for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (Jada).