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The logo for the 2023 World Abilitysport Games has been unveiled with six months to go until the world’s biggest gathering of athletes with physical impairments opens in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, on 3 December.

The countdown is firmly on for the Games which is expected to attract more than 1,000 competitors from 50 countries competing in a provisional programme of 13 sports.

The logo for Nakhon Ratchasima 2023 features a contrasting yellow and red flower emblem as its main feature, reflecting some of the iconic imagery traditionally associated with Thailand.

The World Curling Federation have today announced a partnership with WePlay, the UK’s leading award-winning Growth Marketing Partner for brands and rights holders in sport and entertainment, to launch a brand identity refresh.

As part of WWR’s ongoing improvements to its governance, the Board revised the WWR Code of Conduct and approved the framework that will deal with its implementation and all disciplinary matters and appeals through a newly formed Independent Judicial System.

As such, WWR are looking for suitable individuals with a legal background and individuals who have experience in classification and anti-doping.

The closing date for applications is 9 June 2023

The Independent Judicial Panel

This weekend a record was set in Astana. Since the introduction of the new categories in 2022, the number of athletes reached a milestone of over 400 judoka for para-judo.

After the Tokyo Paralympic Games, para-judo was completely restructured. Before then the former B1, B2 and B3 categories (from blind and almost blind to less visually impaired) were always combined in competition. As a result, the number of B1 and B2 athletes remained quite small as they were struggling against more sighted opponents.

The FEI has announced the launch of a new Guide, designed to assist Event Organisers with improving accessibility for athletes, staff and spectators with disabilities, ensuring that everyone can enjoy equestrian events regardless of their disability and mobility levels.

This Guide, which is the result of consultation and collaboration with accessibility experts, individuals with disabilities and professionals in the equestrian industry, covers venue layout, accommodation and transportation among other areas of Event planning and delivery.

With gender equality and women’s empowerment high on sporting agendas, the Association of Paralympic Sports Organisations (APSO) held the second edition of its Women’s Leadership Course from 13 February to 6 March, to support the development and active participation of women in decision-making within para sport organisations worldwide.

People with physical disabilities will soon have a new and exciting organisation to look towards to access grassroots, recreational and high-performance sports: World Abilitysport. 

The new body is being established after the merger of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) and Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA), two founding members of the Paralympic Movement, became official at the end of 2022. 

Para-cyclists from the world over participated in a training camp at the UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland, last week.

Alongside the para-cycling camp, 14 people attended a course for National Classifiers, and anothereight followed a classification module as part of the UCI WCC’s Level 2 coaching certificate.

Former World Curling Federation President, Kate Caithness CBE has become the first recipient of the newly created “Honorary Member of the World Curling Federation” title.

This new honorific is a gift that may be offered by the World Curling Federation Board and can be awarded to those who have given significant and outstanding service to the Federation and have completed their full term on the Board.

Caithness completed her full 12-year term as the World Curling Federation President in September 2022.

IBSA Football Sport Committee has just released new manuals to help children and female players start playing Blind Football. The manual was created with the support of UEFA, one of the most important partners that IBSA and IBSA Football have to continue working on the development of Blind and Partially Sighted Football.