Robert Matthews, an eight-time Paralympic champion in visually impaired middle and long distance events, has died aged 56.

This year's Drake Relays, one of the most famous events on the athletics calendar in the United States, will feature four Paralympic events, it has been announced.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court have refused to hear an appeal from Oscar Pistorius against his 13-year sentence for murder.

British Athletics have signed a deal with BP which will see the oil giant support Para-events at the 2018 Anniversary Games.

An event exclusively for throws has been added to this year's calendar by World Para Athletics, they have announced. 

Double Paralympic gold medallist Kadeena Cox has withdrawn from the England squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games due to injury.

Algeria’s Nadia Medjmedj broke her own discus F56 world record on the third day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.

Tunisia's Walid Ktila earned gold as the World Para Athletics Grand Prix continued in Dubai.

World champion Yassine Gharbi beat rival Marcel Hug on the second day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.

Sophie Hahn beat British team-mate Georgina Hermitage in the final of the T35-38 200 metres today as the World Para Athletics Grand Prix began in Dubai.

For the second successive year, Dubai will host the season-opening event in the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, with around 450 athletes set to take part in the four-day competition that gets underway tomorrow.

Several world records were broken at the International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) Indoor Athletics Championships in France.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have said negotiations remain ongoing with a potential host for the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.

Former world champion Hermas Muvunyi has been granted permission to return to competition by the Rwanda National Paralympic Committee after he was banned for criticising the organisation.