Para Sport

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Governance

The International Paralympic Committee is calling for expressions of interest from cities, national governments, sports organisations and other entities to take over the governance of Para athletics and…
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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.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Car manufacturer Toyota has extended its partnership with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to create a $5m fund in stipend and sponsorship opportunities to support Team USA athletes…
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Industry Moves

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

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

The Australian Institute of Sport is to provide funding of more than A$115m ($82.1m/€69.7
Para Sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Paralympic Committee has added the Coca-Cola Company to its roster of Worldwide Paralympic Partners, its top tier of sponsorship
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Media

Free-to-air commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has secured the UK rights to Paris’ 2024 Paralympics in a new agreement with the International Paralympic Committee.
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Events

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons has insisted that more must be done to ensure next year’s rescheduled Paralympic Games in Tokyo go ahead safely amid continued concerns o…
Athletics
Events

The restart of the Italian Serie A football season has been moved back a week to September 19 - Reuters/CNA The WTA Tour restarted yesterday with the Palermo Ladies Open in Sicily, Italy - Reuters/ec/CNA
Basketball
Events

Organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have revealed that 3x3 basketball and beach volleyball competitions will be played at bespoke arenas developed on the city’s Smithfield site.
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Finance & Law

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has said it has already made savings of €1.7m ($1.9
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Media

Alexis Vapaille, broadcasting rights manager at the International Paralympic Committee, has left his role after working for eight years at the Bonn-based world governing body
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Events

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has admitted it faces a cash flow problem in the wake of the postponement of the 2020 summer Paralympic Games, but has maintained it won’t turn to the International O…