The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) will stage a first-ever Sports Science and Sports Medicine Conference in September, working with Loughborough University's Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport.
The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has launched a new discipline of the sport known as Rugby 5s (WR5s).
The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has confirmed plans for its European Championship Division B tournament in Poland, set to be the first event staged by the organisation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The six countries that will compete in the wheelchair rugby tournament at next year’s World Games in Birmingham in Alabama have been announced.
Plans have been revealed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) to launch its own Hall of Fame.
GB Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has announced the appointment of sports marketing company TLA Worldwide to aid its development ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has confirmed the appointment of Jason Brisbane as the organisation’s new chief executive.
Wheelchair Rugby Australia (WRA) has announced Kayo Sports as the official streaming partner of its 2021 National Championship in Gold Coast, which starts on Friday (May 28).
France has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby European Championship Division A tournament.
Organisers have announced the schedule for the Tokyo 2020 wheelchair rugby competition following the completion of the draw for the event.
Cameron Leslie is set to become the first New Zealander in 33 years to compete in more than one sport at a Paralympic Games after being named in both the swimming and wheelchair rugby squads for Tokyo 2020.
Defending champions Australia have been drawn with hosts and Rio 2016 bronze medallists Japan in the group stage of the wheelchair rugby tournament at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Tokyo 2020 has held its wheelchair rugby test event over two days as preparations for the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Games continue.
The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) is to hold its General Assembly virtually in July, President Richard Allcroft has announced.
David Pond is to step down as chief executive of GB Wheelchair Rugby after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are not the first to be impacted by quarantine rules. Philip Barker tells the story of the Melbourne 1956 Games, where the equestrian events were held in Stockholm.
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