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).
Pyeongchang 2018 gold medallist Mike Schultz will become the first Paralympian from the United States to feature on a gold medal edition box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes, it has been announced.
Five athletes are in the frame to win the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Best Male Athlete of March award.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated athletes from the country who participated at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics.
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have announced the finalists for their three awards set to be given out following the Paralympic Winter Games here in Pyeongchang.
Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom is one of six South Koreans to have been awarded the Paralympic Order, the highest honour a person connected with the Paralympic Movement can receive, in recognition of their support and work before and during the Winter Paralympics.
A vibrant Closing Ceremony here in drizzly conditions at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium brought the curtain down on 10 days of action here tonight.
By Daniel Etchells and Thomas Giles in Pyeongchang
Great Britain’s Menna Fitzpatrick upset the odds in the women’s visually impaired slalom competition at Pyeongchang 2018, beating overwhelming favourite Henrieta Farkašová of Slovakia.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
FA - Partnerships Manager, International Relations - London, UK
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park. This new role requires carving out and delivering new engagement programmes across the confederations, using existing experience of working in international football. It requires confidence in working with and for leadership teams, and an ability to think and work strategically, deliver projects overseas and build a network of contacts across the national associations.
The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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