With 50 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Tuesday, 9 July, the eight athletes and one support runner who will compete as part of the largest ever Refugee Paralympic Team.  The Paralympic Opening Ceremonywill take place on the Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde in Paris on 28 August.

Internationally renowned choreographer Alexander Ekman has been selected as Stage and Choreography Director of the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 that will see thousands of Para athletes from 180 international delegations parade down the legendary Avenue des Champs-Elysées to the Place de la Concorde on 28 August. Thomas Jolly, artistic director of the ceremonies, has brought in the Swedish choreographer to shake up the traditions of the event and Ekman has chosen to place dance at the heart of the show.

Dutch wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has been awarded this year’s International Tennis Federation Philippe Chatrier Award at the ITF World Champions Awards at the Natural History Museum in London on Sunday. Vergeer is a seven-time Paralympic gold medallist and 21-time Grand Slam wheelchair singles champion and is often referred to as the most dominant player in wheelchair tennis history.

Two years ago, Kayleigh Haggo's Paralympic hopes were almost over. The World and European champion frame runner was devastated to learn that her sport would not be included in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has reached the symbolic milestone of allocating or selling one million tickets for the Paralympic Games to be held in the French capital from 28 August to 8 September.

The Canoe Slalom Center in Oklahoma City, USA, will be the venue for the LA28 competitions, with six gold medals up for grabs. The announcement was part of the first wave of LA28 venue confirmations, which includes a number of venues that have moved in or out of the city of Los Angeles since the original bid in 2017.

World Para Ice Hockey has announced the return of the Women’s World Challenge for its third consecutive year, set to take place in Skien, Norway from 25-28 October. 

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para athletics athlete Amir Khosravani for three years for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. 

World Sailing has launched its first Para Inclusive Strategy to guide the growth of the sport through to 2029 and facilitate its return to the Paralympic Games. The strategy emphasises the expansion of Para Sailing by working with Member National Authorities (MNAs), major events and the sport's global governing structure to create a more inclusive environment and increase international participation.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para swimmer Aleksey Lyzhikhin for two years for committing anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code).

The organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games would like to include para-climbing in the programme of the games. A corresponding proposal has been submitted to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Sport climbing is currently only in the Olympic program. Medals were awarded for the first time in Tokyo 2020.

The UCI Gran Fondo Svendborg 2024 was a memorable cycling event with 1,700 participants on 8-9 June, giving riders the chance to qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2024, which will take place in Aalborg, Denmark, from 28 August to 1 September.

With three months to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) is excited to launch its new Paris 2024 Paralympic Education Resource, which takes young learners on a journey through the City of Light with the New Zealand Paralympic Team.

Nurkhon Kurbanova broke the women's javelin T54 world record three times as Uzbekistan won three golds in the field. Britain's Hannah Cockroft won the women's 800m T34 for her second gold in Kobe and her 16th world title in total.

'Blade Jumper' Markus Rehm won his seventh consecutive long jump world title on day six of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships, as wheelchair racer Noemi Alphonse claimed a first ever gold for Mauritius.