Oscar Pistorius will not be allowed to compete in International Paralympic Committee events until he has served the whole of his five-year prison sentence.

He has been jailed for the manslaughter of his girlfriend.

The IPC say Pistorius will be banned for the entirety of his five-year term, regardless of whether he is released early.

"In our rules, regardless of whether Oscar Pistorius is released early or not, it is still a five-year sentence so the earliest he would be able to compete is 2019," said the IPC's director of communications.