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.

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 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 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.

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.

One of the most heart-warming stories from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games involved high jump champion Sam Grewe. The American received a letter from a Japanese man whose son had also undergone a rotationplasty amputation having been diagnosed with the cancer osteosarcoma.

British wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft won her seventh 100m T34 world title - her 15th in total - on day five of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships as China's Wen Xiaoyan set a new world record to win her second gold in Japan.

Algeria's 400m Paralympic champion Skander Athmani won the men's 100m T13 title on day four of the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe with China's Shi Yiting and Deepthi Jeevanji of India setting world records.

Yayesh Gate Tesfaw smashed the women's 1500m T11 world record, with fellow Ethiopian Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu taking the T13 title on day two of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships.

The 2024 Para Athletics World Championships got underway in Kobe, Japan on Friday with 1,000 athletes from 101 nations set to take part. For the first time, the world's largest single Para sport event is being held in the same year as the Paralympic Games.

Gina Bottcher has received the German Olympic Sportsperson of the Month award for April following her three golds at the European Para Swimming Championships in Portugal.

Rising star Jack Howell is the Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) Emerging Athlete of the Month for March after winning his first World Para-Triathlon Series title.

Cities, national governments, sports organisations and other entities are now being invited by the International Paralympic Committee to express their interest and their proposal for the sport.