PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Call for Expressions of Interest: Governance of Para athletics and Para swimming
IPC and World Para Sports are seeking partners interested in taking over the governance of the sports of Para athletics and Para swimming

Paris 2025 GP Review: Fleur Jong flies to a new world record
French capital feels like a second home for Dutch star as she shines again at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix, while other Paris 2024 Paralympic champions return to claim more victories.

LA28 unveils venue plan for historic Paralympic Games in Los Angeles
The LA28 Paralympic venue plan features world-class existing venues across the Los Angeles region with accessibility and athlete needs at the forefront

LA28 Paralympic Games medal event programme and athlete quotas confirmed
The initial 22 sports approved by the IPC will feature 552 medal events and a total of 4,400 quota places

Milano Cortina 2026 awards Paralympic broadcast rights in Australia to Nine
In Australia, Nine will bring the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games to audiences across the country through live coverage across the 9Network (including Channel 9 9Gem and its Broadcast Video On Demand (BVOD) platform 9Now

Spain’s Yassine Ouhdadi receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para athletics athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance during an out-of-competition test

Wheelchair tennis stars return to Roland Garros
Paris 2024 Paralympic champions Tokito Oda, Yui Kamiji, and Niels Vink headline a 40-player field across the men’s, women’s, and quad draws at Roland Garros

Paris 2025 GP Preview: Ones to watch and how to follow
Fleur Jong, Raoua Tlili, Sherman Guity and other Paralympic champions return to French capital for the first time since their gold medal triumphs as World Para Athletics Grand Prix takes place at Charlety Stadium

Team USA rides passionate crowd support to gold in Buffalo
Hosts take World Para Ice Hockey Championships crown back overpowering Canada 6-1 in the gold medal game on Saturday

World Championships A-Pool: Know all winners
Fourteen editions of the A-Pool Worlds have taken place since the inaugural one in Nynashamn, Sweden in 1996