PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Australia's Daniel Fox in a yellow swim cap swimming freestyle

The S14 swimmer, who also holds the 200m freestyle world record, set a new 100m best time on the third day of the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

A female swimmer in a race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Olivier van de Voort en Summer Mortimer claimen Europese titels

A swimmers emerges from the water to begin a stroke

A series of top swimmers all win their third or fourth Euros golds from the pool in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Germany's Rehm shows sportsmanship in fixing Turkey's Baris Telli's prosthetic to allow him to perform better

IPC blogger and sports photographer Luc Percival details an incredible moment of sportsmanship he recently witnessed when covering para-sport

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up

One world and one European record broken during Friday morning's session at the IPC Swimming Europeans.

Dutch swimmer Simon Boer racing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

A swimmer clenches his fists in delight after winning gold at London 2012.

Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

A swimmer diving into the pool at the start of a race.

With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing Basketball

British wheelchair basketball team announced to face the Netherlands on 30 August

Japan v New Zealand at 2014 IWRF World Championships Odense

Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.