Para sport & Paralympic News
- Paralympic Ticketing Starts 19.06.2008 More than 820,000 tickets for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games will go on sale tomorrow.
- London 2012's Paralympic Handover Website and Resources Go Live 18.06.2008 The London 2012 Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has formally invited schools, colleges and other learning institutions across the across the UK, to lead the UK...
- Women Leadership Summit Starts in Venezuela 17.06.2008 Yesterday, the Regional Summit on Women Leadership in Paralympic Sport was officially opened in Caracas, Venezuela, as part of a series of meetings.
- Tokyo to Host Second Asian Youth Para Games 15.06.2008 The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) recently announced that the return of the Asian Youth Para Games would take place next year from 8 to 15 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Vancouver 2010 Mascot On the Road and Online 11.06.2008 Six months ago, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi were introduced as the official mascots of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The three friends have since travelled the country, met with...
- Vergeer and Kunieda Excel Through French Open 10.06.2008 Shingo Kunieda (NED) and Esther Vergeer (NED) recently won the Wheelchair Tennis Men's and Women's Singles final at the Roland Garros Masters Series event to complete successful defences of the...
- ODI Launched in Azerbaijan 09.06.2008 From 28 to 30 April, the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Azerbaijan launched the Organizational Development Initiative (ODI) at the initial ODI planning workshop.
- IPC at SportAccord in Athens 06.06.2008 From 2 to 6 June, the annual SportAccord Conference was held in Athens, Greece.
- First Official Film of the Paralympic Games 05.06.2008 An agreement was recently signed between WGBH and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to produce ‘Paralympics 2008’, the Official Film of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
- 2016 Candidate Cities Selected 04.06.2008 Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board accepted Chicago (USA), Madrid (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan)* as Candidate Cities to host the Olympic and...
- Visa Card Supports Spanish Paralympic Movement 03.06.2008 Today, Caja Madrid released a special VISA credit card supporting the Paralympic Movement in Spain and in particular the current preparation of athletes that will participate in the Beijing 2008...
- Successful Paralympic Day in Finland 02.06.2008 The Finnish Paralympic Committee hosted the fourth National Paralympic Day on 21 May in the city centre of Helsinki.
- Beijing Airport Becomes More Accessible 30.05.2008 The Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) will undergo reconstruction in order to make the airport more accessible to athletes, teams and spectators arriving in the run-up to the Beijing 2008...
- Survey Shows Promising Work for Women in Asian Countries 29.05.2008 The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) held an extensive survey of 14 Asian countries regarding the status of women in Paralympic sports this past month. In the survey, APC found that although some...
- London 2012 Paralympic Pre-Games Training Camp Guide 28.05.2008 Over 170 sporting facilities from every part of the United Kingdom (UK) will feature in London 2012’s Pre-Games Training Camp Guide for Paralympic sports.
- Final Phase of Preparations for Beijing 2008 Paralympics Underway 27.05.2008 From 20 to 23 May, the fourth and last Project Review for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games took place in Beijing, China.
- Panasonic Becomes Official Partner of Beijing 2008 Paralympics 26.05.2008 Panasonic recently announced that the company has agreed on a partnership with the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (BOCOG) to become an Official Partner of the...
- Forbidden City Opens Accessible Tourist Paths 20.05.2008 Tourists with a disability from all over the world will now have better access to Beijing's famous Forbidden City and Great Wall following extensive renovations. New facilities were opened on 18 May,...
- Second Paralympic School Day in Spain 19.05.2008 As part of the Catalonian Games for Adapted Sport, the second Spanish Paralympic School Day (PSD) took place at the Can Llobet Public School of Barberá del Vallés last week. Organized by the...
- Jessica Long Receives Juan Antonio Samaranch Award 14.05.2008 On 10 May 2008, US Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long received the Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC President’s Disabled Athlete Award. The award was presented to Long during a ceremony at the 2008...
