Paralympics Australia has named the first 10 members of its team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, with the headline name Rio 2016 long jump champion and former German national Vanessa Low.

Two-time Paralympic gold-medallist Tomoya Ito is refusing to compete in this weekend’s Japan Para Athletics Championships after claiming he "can't go the stadium at the risk of my life".

Police have appealed for the return of two bicycles owned by Canadian Paralympic hopeful Amanda Rummery which were stolen in Edmonton.

Defending champions Daniel Romanchuk and Manuela Schär lead a star-studded line-up for the wheelchair race at the London Marathon.

Twelve-time world champion Hannah Cockroft has said the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was a "knock" but has looked forward to the resumption of competition.

A total of seven Para athletics world records were set over three days of competition in Kraków in Poland and Leverkusen in Germany last week.

German long jump double Paralympic champion Markus Rehm is eyeing a third consecutive long jump gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as he looks to also improve his world record.

Paralympian Derek Derenalagi has changed allegiances from Britain to Fiji in a bid to raise the profile of people with disabilities in the country of his birth.

Jamaica's two-time Paralympic gold medallist Alphanso Cunningham will continue his role as a brand ambassador for Caribbean mobile phone network Digicel.

Paralympic and world champion Kadeena Cox has been added to the British Athletics Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advocates Group as the second athletes’ representative.

A record number of Paralympic and world medallists are due to feature at the British Athletics Championships as four para-athletics events will be held over a weekend in September.

The Desert Challenge Games - one of only two events on this year's World Para Athletics Grand Prix schedule not yet cancelled - has now met that fate.

The BBC has faced criticism on social media after convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius was shown on highlights coverage from the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Rio 2016 long jump champion Vanessa Low is set to retire after the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games next year.