PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a women swimming

Two European and one Asian record also fell on day three of the swimming European Open in Funchal, Portugal.

Paralympic Sport A-Z: Goalball

The sport will make its 11th Paralympic appearance at Rio 2016.

Moldova vs Romania at the 1st IBSA Euro Challenge Cup in Prague in 2014.

Six national teams will be taking the field on the second edition of this event, which will start on 3 May in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Music Monday with Hannah Cockroft

The T34 Paralympic, world and European champion shares her favourites songs.

Slovakia’s world and European champion Veronika Vadovicova, Hiltrop Natascha from Germany and Ryabchenko Tatiana from Russia.

The R3 world record holder won gold on day one.

Elodie Lorandi, France, doing the freestyle

Aurelie Rivard, Elodie Lorandi, Darya Stukalova, Ihar Boki and Talisson Glock all head through fastest in the heats at the swimming Euros on Monday (2 May).

Athletes in wheelchairs and standing pose for a group photo

World Championship couple Nadiia and Ivan Sivak danced to two golds in their 2016 debuts.

Football 7-a-side - Ukraine

The 2015 world silver medallists defeated the Dutch on day one of the Pre-Paralympic Tournament.

Matt Bugg competing in the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Australia’s Matthew Bugg claimed the 2.4m class Sailing World Cup Hyeres gold, ahead of Norway’s Bjornar Erikstad and France’s Damien Seguin.

Picture of an indoor 50m swimming pool

Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Gabidullina tore down the women's 50m freestyle S3 mark to take the Open gold in Funchal, Portugal.