French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has revealed that her country will provide €1 million (£882,500/$1 million) to help Ukrainian athletes prepare for next year’s Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

Australian athletes aiming to compete at next year's Paralympics in Paris are set to secure a major funding boost courtesy of a series of gala events.

Kenya's Asiya Mohammed Sururu, who made her Paralympic rowing debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, is training hard for Paris 2024 - and learning to walk after spending her life in a wheelchair.

The Hong Kong Paralympic Committee (HKSAR) has launched the Pilot Scheme on Employment and Education of Athletes with Disabilities in the Policy Address with the aim of helping athletes after they retire from sport.

Organisers in Cambodia have today marked 100 days to go until the 2023 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games in Cambodia.

Erica Gavel has been elected as chair of the Canadian Paralympic Athletes’ Council, after a two-year spell as vice-chair.

The major Olympic Hub at Long Beach is to receive $30 million (£24.8 million/€28.2 million) to help the city re-align the shoreline in time for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics when the area will host eight Olympic sports.

Beijing 2022 Paralympic champion Oksana Masters of the United States is among the six Paralympians nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

The European Rowing Championships for 2024 have been awarded to Szeged in Hungary and Belgrade will stage the event in 2025.

Disability snooker champion Mickey Chambers says he wants to see the sport return to the Paralympic Games "as quickly as possible".

Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer, the 21-time Grand Slam singles champion, and quad wheelchair tennis pioneer Rick Draney of the United States will achieve tennis immortality on July 22 when they are due to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF).

Ami Dadon and Julia Cheroni have been named sportsman and sportswoman of the year, respectively, at Israel's Awards for the Outstanding Paralympic Athletes from 2022.

Australian Paralympians Nikki Ayers and Maria Strong are among 16 athletes who have been named as Thrive with Pride ambassadors.

Australian swimmer Timothy Hodge and China’s Guo Jincheng both claimed triple gold at the opening round of the Para Swimming World Series in Australia.

An International Paralympic Committee (IPC) review team has met in Bonn to discuss “fantastic feedback” on the latest draft of its Classification Code, it has been claimed.