Team GB and Paralympics GB have launched their new kit for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Twenty-two athletes from 13 sports and all six populated continents are on the ballot for the summer representative positions of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council.

Tokyo 2020 organisers have released an updated media playbook for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games and, in a major change from the first edition published in February, public transport can be used after they have spent 14 days in Japan. 

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) expects at least 60 per cent of athletes to be fully vaccinated prior to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed conditions for the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) at Tokyo 2020, with the organisation required to use an acronym rather than its full name.

Goalball UK is consulting legal advice after Britain were overlooked for the place in the women's event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games vacated by Algeria in favour of Egypt.

The draw for the goalball tournaments at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has been postponed after an unnamed team withdrew from the women's event.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has launched a four month digital programme celebrating the journeys of its country’s athletes as they prepare to compete at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

New Zealand has named its first group of athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - five Para swimmers who have already jointly won 20 Paralympic medals and set 14 long course world records.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced a reduction in the number of accredited guests for the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Cameron Leslie, already set to represent New Zealand in wheelchair rugby at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, confirmed a logistical dilemma for himself at those Games by qualifying to compete in the swimming, in which he has three Paralympic titles.

Ten British athletes who will benefit from the Nicholas Cheffings Para Athlete Bursary in 2021 have been announced by law firm Hogan Lovells.

Austrian Paralympic Committee (ÖPC) general secretary Petra Huber met with officials from three Japanese towns and cities to discuss cultural exchanges between the settlements and Austrian Paralympians.