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.

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.

Tunis is set to begin the 2023 World Para Athletics Grand Prix season as the first of six events from February to May.

Disgraced six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is to seek an early release from his 13-year prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The programme for the Paris 2023 World Para Athletics Championships has been announced along with the entry standards, with the event set to be the first to provide direct qualification spots for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Sumit Antil has broken his own world record in the F64 javelin throw at the fourth Indian Open National Para Athletics Championship 2022 in Bengaluru.

Disgraced Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has unwittingly been caught up in controversy in the campaign to choose a new Prime Minister in the United Kingdom to replace Boris Johnson.

The 2022 London Marathon is to give the largest prize purse in wheelchair racing history, with an increase of more than 25 per cent from 2021.

Shamed Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he murdered in 2013, as he seeks to secure parole.

Double Paralympic bronze medallist Roger Habsch has broken the T51 100 metres world record with a time of 19.68 seconds at the Belgian Championships in Ghent.

Triple Paralympic medallist Stefanie Reid has retired from athletics after a career that saw her compete at four editions of the Paralympic Games.

Four world records were shattered at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris at the Charléty Stadium.

New Zealand’s Holly Robinson has been appointed as Member of New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee honours list.

Home athlete Catherine Debrunner produced her fourth world record at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in the Swiss venue of Nottwil as she won the women’s T53 100 metres in 15.70sec.

Home racer Catherine Debrunner set a T53 400 metres world record of 52.21sec at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil the day after setting two T53 800m world records in the Swiss venue.