The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) yesterday announced it is looking for proposals from artists all around the world interested in designing the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic medals.

The Erasmus Mundus Master Consortium, a group of four European universities in co-operation with three non-European universities, offers the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity (APA).

Bonn, Germany - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today that a Brazilian athlete in the sport of Powerlifting, tested positive for a prohibited substance and a sanction of one year ineligibility was imposed for his first doping offence.

For the first time after Sochi’s election to host the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) CEO Xavier Gonzalez and IPC Fundraising and Sponsorship Director Sergio Furman visited the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee in Moscow, Russia.

On the occasion of today’s International Volunteer Day, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) acknowledges the commitment of thousands of volunteers whose actions enrich the Paralympic Movement and help make Paralympic Sport the growing phenomenon it is today.

Today, people from all over the world will celebrate the ‘International Day of Disabled Persons’ with different activities, including forums, public discussions, information campaigns and sport events to focus on disability issues and raise awareness.

Tickets for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremony will be on sale from 10 December.

Yesterday, the composition of the IOC Co-ordination Commission for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was announced.

Samsung Electronics recently signed a sponsorship deal with the Chinese government to provide technical support for mobile communications during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, which will be held from 6 to 17 September 2008 in Beijing, China.