PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

An athlete poses showing his gold medal.

Nearly 40 athletes from 15 countries will compete in four medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Richard Browne and Jonnie Peacock

Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in the British capital saw a number of athletes who will compete at Swansea 2014 in action.

A picture of a man swimming with his both hands above the surface

Cowdrey, Freney, Hynd and Pascoe amongst the star names set to compete in the Commonwealth Games

Japan's Yui Kamiji took the 2014 title after beating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

World No.1 claimed women's title whilst world No.4 took victory in the quads in Nottingham.

A picture of a men on a podium with medals around their neck

Some of the world’s best athletes including David Weir and Kurt Fearnley will compete in six medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Jonas Jacobsson

Sweden's Jonas Jacobsson took his 18th world title, as Vadovicova and Kovalchuk also topped the podium on the first day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Suhl Stadt

IPC Governing Board Member John Petersson opened the biggest IPC Shooting World Championships on record.

A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.

British world No.3 defeats Wagner for sixth time in his career to reach quads final.

Vadovicova wins gold at Alicante 2013

Double European champion Veronika Vadovicova has revealed that despite a knee injury, she feels on track to win her first ever world title.

Sergey Malyshev of Russia, wearing glasses, a visor and ear protection shoots his Mixed P3-25m Pistol at an indoor range at The Royal Artillery Barracks

After an exciting first day, more of the sport's top stars start their world title campaigns on Sunday (20 June) in Suhl, Germany.