PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Froilan Padilla dribbles the ball past a rival](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Froilan-Padilla.jpg)
From the streets of Buenos Aires to gold medal match for Froilan Padilla
'I was without a home for one year. I began sleeping in churches around the city, until I had enough money to find an apartment'
![Peter Pal Kiss splashes water up in a strong stroke in his kayak](/sites/default/files/2021-09/1805203.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 canoe sprint starts with a Kiss
Hungarian teenager Peter Pal Kiss won gold in the men's kayak single 200m KL1
![A man with a gold medal in a stadium](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1337993286%20%281%29.jpg)
Haider Ali puts Pakistan on top of the podium for first time ever
Thrower triumphs in the men's discus F37 in the National Olympic Stadium in morning session with a seventh Paralympic title for USA's Raymond Martin
![Iranian sitting volleyball team celebrates while Bosnian remains shocked on the other side of the net](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Bosnia-Herzegovina.jpg)
Bosnia & Herzegovina sitting volleyball semi-finals defeat signals end of an era
First time in six Paralympic Games that Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran will not face each other in the men's gold-medal game
![Two women hugging in front of a backdrop showing the Paralympic Agitos in white](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1337816206.jpg)
'I couldn't have asked for more,' Ellie Cole
Australia's Para swimming icon takes her 17th medal in her final Paralympic race at 'very unique' Games before retiring from the pool
![Phipps close up chasing the ball in his wheelchair](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1336469981.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from wheelchair rugby
New gold medallists crowned, defending Paralympic champions disappoint and hosts reach podium at 2020 Paralympics
![Keiichi Kimura](/sites/default/files/2020-09/Kimura%20Keiichi%201.jpg)
Day 10: Paralympic Games preview
Competition schedule features 55 medal events this Friday, the last day of swimming
![Nemati celebrates gold](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1337819440.jpg)
Third is the charm for archer Zahra Nemati
Iranian claimed her third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the women's individual recurve event
![Female archer raises arms in triumph](/sites/default/files/2021-09/zahra-nemati-tokyo.jpg)
Day 9 review: Taekwondo kicks off debut with upsets as Zahra Nemati amazes
Paralympic champions also crowned in athletic, cycling, shooting, swimming and table tennis
![Leonor Espinoza Carranza smiles and hugs a colleague wearing a white jacker with peru on the back](/sites/default/files/2021-09/1805076.jpg)
Joy as Peru take gold on Para taekwondo debut
Serial winner Bolor Erdene Ganbat of Mongolia loses for first time in his career