PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Swimmers start a backstroke race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Italy's Federico Morlacchi is aiming for his fifth gold medal, Ukrainian Dmytro Vynohradets his eighth and Sarah Louise Rung of Norway will meet Spain's Teresa Perales for the final time at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Two female athletes dive into the pool at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

A total of 24 world and 42 European records are broken across seven days of thrilling action, with five added in the final session.

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.

After Canada beat USA and Australia defeated Japan, the two will go head-to-head in a repeat of the London 2012 final.

Ryley Batt goes in to score

Watch out for Chuck Aoki and Zak Madell as well as Ryley Batt and Daisuke Ikezaki in the semi-finals at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Dmytro Vynohradets poses with his latest gold medal alongside the silver and bronze medal winners at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

The dominant force in S3 swimming Dmytro Vynohradets has helped to lead Ukraine to the top of the medals table at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

On the penultimate day of the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, the home team also pushed up the medals table.

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 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.

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

Olivier van de Voort en Summer Mortimer claimen Europese titels

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