The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Powerlifting and Benchpress World Championships are due to begin at the Pharos University in Alexandria in Egypt tomorrow.

The Paris 2024 Saint-Denis headquarters welcomed several National Olympic Committees (NOC) and National Paralympic Committees (NPC) as part of preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Switzerland ruled the London Marathon wheelchair race once again today as Marcel Hug improved upon his men's course record of last year by finishing in 1hour 24min 38sec after holding off a controversial late move from Daniel Romanchuk, and Catherine Debrunner was a runaway women's winner.

Next year's World Wheelchair Curling Championship and World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be held at the Richmond Curling Centre in British Columbia, Canada.

Mike Sharrock, the British Paralympic Association (BPA) chief executive, is to step down after four years in the role.

A collection of Paralympic medallists and world record holders are among the estimated 100 Paralympic and Olympic athletes to attend events, set to be held to mark the first Paralympic Day next month.

Britain’s three-time Paralympic champion Hannah Russell has announced her retirement from swimming and wants other visually impaired swimmers to emulate her performance.

Para surfing camps of the PlayLA Adaptive Youth Sports programme came to a close with the United States Para surf champions Liv Stone and Sarah Bettencourt featuring in the final event.

Four of the world’s top wheelchair athletes, all of whom are set to contest the TCS London Marathon on Sunday (October 2), today hailed its increased prize money and also the new equality of rewards from Abbott World Marathon Majors (WMM) for series winners.

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and the Indian Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a bid to provide opportunities for wounded soldiers to participate in Para sport.

The Sport Ireland Institute has been named the "official performance partner" for Ireland’s Paralympic team in an agreement which officials claim will result in a "cohesive and united" team support unit for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Retail company Decathlon, a Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games official partner, has recruited 33 sports people to be part of its "Team Athletes" initiative.

Hosts Serbia topped the medals table at the World Shooting Para Sport Grand Prix in Novi Sad.

Brazil have been crowned champions of the inaugural International Handball Federation (IHF) Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship.

Paralympians Sadegh Bigdeli of Iran and Heidi Peters from Canada have been elected to the World ParaVolley Athletes' Commission.