Prague has been awarded the 2016 International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Under-23 World Games following a successful bid led by the Emil Foundation, a group set up by the Czech Paralympic Committee in memory of Emil Zatopek, one of the greatest long-distance runners in history.

Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison into house arrest next week, South Africa’s Parole Board has announced.

Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has claimed the challenge of recovering from a number of setbacks shortly before the opening of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics helped them organise an event which "changed Canada forever".

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply has been warned to speed up the process allowing international horses to be brought into the country, or risk competition at next year's Rio Olympics and Paralympics being moved outside the nation.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has officially opened the body's VISTA Conference in Girona, Spain, highlighting how attracting youngsters into the Movement is essential if they are to sustain their growth.

Italian track ace Giusy Versace is the latest athlete to star in the "My Incredible Story" series ahead of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Doha.

Hosts Russia finished top of the medals table at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games at the conclusion of the week-long event in Sochi.

Goalball UK have called on the British Government to give them extra funding which they claim will "transform lives" in the nation – after recent research revealed the sport increases young visually impaired people's chances of being in full time education or employment by 47 per cent.

Italy’s Gregory Leperdi has called upon Europe’s ice sledge hockey teams to focus their efforts on developing young talent if they are to challenge the domination of Canada and the United States at World Championship and Paralympic Games.

Malawi have held their first National Junior Para-athletics Championships at the Kamuzu stadium in the city of Blantyre, with the event being hailed as a major step forward in the development of Para-sport in the nation.

A packed crowd attended the second edition of Argentina’s Paralympic Day which took placed at Luna Park, in the country’s capital Buenos Aires.

Para-rowers from Great Britain have been getting an early feel for conditions in Rio ahead of next summer's Paralympics in the Brazilian city.

Legal action is being considered by the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (Inas) following last week's Inas Global Games in the Ecuadorian towns of Guayaquil, Guaranda and San Miguel.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have revealed their shortlist for the 2015 Paralympic Sports Awards, which are due to recognise the achievements of several of the athletes from the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

Sweden's Paralympic Committee (SPC) has called on the country's Government to include the organisation as part of a funding drive.