Bonn, Germany – With less than two years to go before the Opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission, including International Paralympic Committee (IPC) representative Rita van Driel, successfully concluded its sixth visit to Vancouver, the host city of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Bonn, Germany – Today, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released the first edition of ParaEmotion on ParalympicSport.TV, its internet TV channel.

On 25 February, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) signed an important contract with CNC China Netcom Group for fibre and uplink services for the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The 4th International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference on Women and Sport will take place for the first time in the Middle East, in Jordan, from 8 to 10 March, under the patronage of Their Majesties, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The Paralympic Council of Ireland (PCI) recently launched its ParaLions Programme to encourage young people with a disability to become involved in Paralympic Sport and become a potential Irish athlete for the London 2012 Paralympic Games and beyond.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 IPC Development Grants.

Canadian children can draw their way into some great ‘Team Canada’ sporting clothing by designing a poster for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. The creators of the top three posters in the national contest will not only win 2008 Team Canada merchandise and clothing, but will also have their posters hung in Petro-Canada stations across Canada and in the Canadian athletes' lounge at the Paralympic Village in Beijing, China.

From 13 to 17 February 2008, the 10th International Congress on Winter Sport Medicine took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Bonn, Germany – Yesterday, Dutch Wheelchair Tennis player Esther Vergeer was named Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability at the ninth Laureus World Sports Awards. The award was presented by Laureus World Sports Academy members Ilie Nastase and Marcel Desailly at a ceremony held at the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia.