Guadalajara hosts IPC symposium to discuss rights of disabled to compete in sport
By David Gold
November 12 - Guadalajara, the host of this week's 2011 Parapan American Games in Mexico, today held a symposium on disability rights organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC).
November 12 - Guadalajara, the host of this week's 2011 Parapan American Games in Mexico, today held a symposium on disability rights organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC).
October 30 - The 2011 Pan American Games drew to a conclusion exactly where it begun 17 days ago as the Omnilife Stadium staged a wonderful Closing Ceremony that embraced everything that is colourful, vibrant, passionate and exciting about the Mexican culture.
October 30 - Financial services company CIBC is to be the exclusive lead partner of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
October 25 - The Guadalajara 2011 Organising Committee have denied claims that their database containing the confidential information of over 1,000 journalists attending the Pan American Games here have been illegally hacked.
October 21 - Ian Troop, the chief executive of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Organising Committee, hopes that the successful staging of the event could lead to a winning Olympic and Paralympic bid from the Canadian city.
October 16 - The Americas Paralympic Committee President Octavio Londoño (pictured) has concluded his formal visit here in Guadalajara, where the 2011 Pan American Games are currently taking place, as he looks to strengthen disability sport in the region.
October 14 - Neither the security fears, construction delays nor the tail end of Hurricane Jova that has caused heavy rainfall across Guadalajara over the past week could prevent the Mexican city from hosting a quite spectacular Opening Ceremony for the 2011 Pan American Games here at the 50,000 capacity Omnilife Stadium.
October 13 - Guadalajara have declared that they are still ready to host the 2011 Pan American Games on schedule despite the tail end of Hurricane Jova battering Mexico's Pacific Coast and producing heavy rain around some of the key sporting venues that will be used for the competition.
October 10 - The Organising Committee for the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games have claimed that while minor work still needs to be done to complete several of the sporting venues, they are now optimistic everything will be ready to go when the competition gets underway later this week.
August 24 - Work on the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games athletics stadium has fallen behind schedule with the track and field venue badly affected by years of poor planning, political infighting and now an untimely rainy season, leaving it as a muddy mess with less than two months to go until the event begins on October 14.
July 5 - The Guadalajara 2011 Organising Committee are today celebrating a major milestone with just 100 days left to go until the start of the Pan American Games in the Mexican city.
January 7 - The Pan/Parapan American Games in four years' time will be officially known as Toronto 2015, the organising committee has announced.
October 26 - The firm behind the Stadium being built for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have been given the project to plan and design the Athletes' Village for the 2015 Pan/ParaPan American Game in Toronto in 2015.
October 4 - A logo inspired by aboriginal art forms will contribute to an "unforgettable experience" at the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games claim the organisers..jpg)
July 2 - Olympic medallist Doug Hamilton has been appointed as a member of Toronto's Board of Directors for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games Host Committee, it was announced today.
