A mixed doubles competition in wheelchair curling and two new medal events in women’s snowboard for athletes with upper limb impairments have been added to the programme for the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Thanos Kostopoulos joined Milan Cortina 2026 as the organisation’s director of Paralympic Games integration, information, knowledge and learning.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Alpine skiing champion Josh Dueck has been named the Chef de Mission of the Canadian team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympics.
Kazan in Russia has been announced as the host of the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics - the first time the nation hosted the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games at the same venues.
Dutch stars Lisa Bunschoten and Chris Vos earned victory on the opening day of the World Para Snowboard World Cup season in front of a home crowd.
Dutch Para Alpine skier Barbara van Bergen has set her sights on qualifying for the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, where she made her Games debut in wheelchair basketball in 2008.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons claimed the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina D'Amprezzo promised much for future generations after the Italians beat Stockholm Åre.
Twenty-three sports centres named after the 2018 Winter Paralympic mascot Bandabi are to be built across South Korea as a legacy to the Pyeongchang Games.
Paralympic silver medallist Lisa Bunschoten of The Netherlands rounded off her campaign at the latest World Para Snowboard World Cup in the Spanish resort of La Molina today by earning a fourth gold.
Swedish Paralympic Committee (SPC) secretary general Johan Strid has claimed a successful bid from Stockholm and Åre for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games would allow the national governing body to push the development of Para-sport to new levels.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced Beijing 2022 could become the first Winter Paralympics to have gender parity in medal events after confirming the Games programme and athlete quotas.
Eight Para-athletes from the United States have been nominated for ESPN's Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Awards, after impressive performances at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
It has been revealed that seven outstanding doping cases are still being processed from the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang earlier this year.
Pyeongchang 2018 broke all international broadcast and online viewing records, attracting more broadcasters and viewers than ever before for a Winter Paralympic Games outside of the host country, according to figures published by Nielsen Sports on behalf of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2022.
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships is the property of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) which is the governing body of Gymnastics worldwide. The Championships represent the pinnacle of elite gymnastics competition, attracting a substantial worldwide broadcast audience. WGC2022 is looking to engage an individual or agency to deliver the commercial sales process and maximise commercial opportunities for the event.
Almost 35 years after losing out to Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics, Brisbane is poised to stage the Games in 2032. Philip Barker reports on the long history of Australian Olympic bids, with the country still one of only two in the Southern Hemisphere to have hosted the Games.
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