From 2 to 6 June, the annual SportAccord Conference was held in Athens, Greece.

An agreement was recently signed between WGBH and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to produce ‘Paralympics 2008’, the Official Film of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board accepted Chicago (USA), Madrid (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan)* as Candidate Cities to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016. The cities were accepted from a total of seven Applicant Cities, which also included Baku (Azerbaijan), Doha (Qatar) and Prague (Czech Republic)*.

Today, Caja Madrid released a special VISA credit card supporting the Paralympic Movement in Spain and in particular the current preparation of athletes that will participate in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

The Finnish Paralympic Committee hosted the fourth National Paralympic Day on 21 May in the city centre of Helsinki.

The Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) will undergo reconstruction in order to make the airport more accessible to athletes, teams and spectators arriving in the run-up to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in September.

Bonn, Germany - Today marks the 100-day countdown to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) held an extensive survey of 14 Asian countries regarding the status of women in Paralympic sports this past month. In the survey, APC found that although some countries had achieved more than others, the possibility of future progress is inevitable.

Over 170 sporting facilities from every part of the United Kingdom (UK) will feature in London 2012’s Pre-Games Training Camp Guide for Paralympic sports.

From 20 to 23 May, the fourth and last Project Review for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games took place in Beijing, China.