International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Multi-sport
Events

Tokyo 2020 has banned all spectators from the Olympics, following the extension of 'state of emergency' pandemic measures in Japan
Para Sport
Industry Moves

Alexis Schäfer, the commercial and marketing director at the International Paralympic Committee, is to leave his position after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Events

Up to 10,000 spectators will be permitted at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games venues, with a 50-per-cent limit on venue capacity also applying
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee has teamed up with the International Paralympic Committee and the organising committees of the 2024, 2026 and 2028 Olympics to introduce a new global hospitality model,…
Events

Japanese public opposition to hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer has grown to more than 80 per cent, with just under 10 weeks until the opening ceremony on July 23
Esports

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will slash the number of visiting officials to this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games to 90,000 or fewer as it looks to curb international attendance.
Events

Athletes participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be tested daily for Covid-19 as part of a series of new measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus at the Games
Para Sport
Industry Moves

The International Paralympic Committee has named Colleen Wrenn as its first-ever chief Paralympic Games delivery officer
Events

The International Paralympic Committee has followed the International Olympic Committee in announcing substantial cuts to the number of people it will accredit as guests for Tokyo’s postponed summer Ol…
Para Sport
Media

The International Paralympic Committee has appointed Egoli Media, the artificial intelligence-enabled technology and media company, in a wide-ranging deal that includes the digitisation of over 8,000 hours…
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Yoshiro Mori has today (Friday) resigned as president of this summer’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games following sexist remarks he made earlier this month.
Para Sport
Media

The Infront agency has won a high-profile piece of new business after acquiring the European broadcast rights to the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Para Sport
Events

The International Paralympic Committee Governing Board has approved the provisional sports programme for the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Governance

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to provide €1.8m ($2.2m) worth of funding to its 200-plus member organisations in 2021 in efforts to combat the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Media

Free-to-air coverage of Tokyo’s 2020 Paralympics, which will take place next summer, will be shown by broadcasters in at least 24 sub-Saharan African countries thanks to an agreement announced by the I…
Events

A new co-operation agreement has been signed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) that ensures Para sport’s continued involvement at the Commonwealth G…
Para Sport
Events

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is seeking a host city for its next general assembly in December 2021, while it is also looking to fill the newly-created position of a full-time chief Paralympic…
Para Sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) sponsors Airbnb, Asics and Panasonic have pledged their support for a newly-announced refugee team that will compete at next year’s rescheduled Paralympic Games i…