PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Gordon Reid - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160916214826650_29407881680_8e09f13cca_z.jpg)
Reid eases to title with win over doubles partner
Hewett defeated in wheelchair tennis singles final as van Koot and Griffioen also get gold in women’s doubles
![Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain celebrates the victory in the Women's 400m T34 final at Olympic Stadium on day 7 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160916093634856_GettyImages-605732602_0.jpg)
Athletics: Day nine preview
Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft and South Africa’s Charl du Toit will go for their latest golds.
![Canada play Rwanda in Sitting Volleyball at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160916143848918_GettyImages-605902478.jpg)
Women’s sitting volleyball finalists decided
China and USA are set to renew their intense rivalry in the gold medal match on Saturday 17 September.
![Dylan Alcott - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160914033711705_GettyImages-601081974.jpg)
Alcott “astonished” by two-sport double gold success
Awesome Aussie would not change a thing after remarkable double gold success at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Dame Sarah Storey of Great Britain races in the women's individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California on May 15, 2015 in Valencia, California.](/sites/default/files/images/160204084252710_GettyImages-473530666.jpg)
Sarah Storey and Alex Zanardi clinch cycling golds
Para-cyclists outdid themselves on Wednesday (14 September) when the first road racing events of the Paralympic Games began.
![Natasha Baker (GBR) was overcome with emotion on winning her grade II individual gold medal.](/sites/default/files/images/160915232657910_Natasha%2B1.jpg)
Great day for Great Britain as three golds pour in
Two more individual titles and the team gold, as there was joy for Brazil with bronze for Sergio Oliva.
![Tatyana McFadden of the USA winning the Gold Medal in the Women's 400m - T54 Final in the Olympic Stadium. at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160915121803907_BB1-8252.jpg)
Rio 2016: Day eight preview
Tatyana McFadden is aiming for two more gold medals on another thrilling day of action at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
IPC Academy Inclusion Summit underway
Sir Philip Craven, IPC President, opened the two day summit in front of an audience of more than 200 people.
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Paralympics Day 8: Live updates from Rio
Welcome to our live updates from the pick of the action across the venues. Keep checking back for the latest developments.
![Zahra Nemati - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160915235636911_para16_x16_6660.jpg)
Zahra Nemati takes Paralympic gold
The Iranian archer, who competed at last month’s Olympic Games, won the women’s individual recurve open title.