PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Swimming | Men's 100m Breaststroke SB7 final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

There were four gold medals for the USA and four more world records set across events at the Aquatics Stadium.

Day 2 evening | Athletics highlights | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Ray Martin and Hannah Cockroft are among the stars lining up for battle on another day of keenly-fought competition on the track and in the field.

Rixt van der Horst

A guide to all the Para equestrian dressage action, which begins 11 September at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro.

Gwanggeun Choi in action September 10 at Rio 2016

Adiljan Tuledibaev secures Uzbekistan’s third judo gold, the nation’s 10th medal in the sport at Rio 2016.

Day 2 evening | Judo highlights | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Carioca crowd favourite Antonio Tenorio is going for his fifth judo gold in his final Paralympics.

Swimmer in the water, doing breaststroke

A further three world records were set in the swimming heats at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday (10 September).

Athletics | Women's 100m - T34 Final  | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Double glory at the Olympic Stadium as athletes claim country’s first ever Paralympic gold medals. Vanessa Low also breaks long-jump world record.

Aerial view of a big stadium in a city

A helpful guide to the archery competitions, which begin on 10 September at the Sambodromo.

Inna Cherniak

Ukraine star makes light work of defeating Brazil’s Lucia Araujo to secure gold medal on her Paralympic debut in Rio.

Daniel Dias swimming

Paralympians made history across sports as the competition got off to a spectacular start. Here’s our round-up of some of the best of the action.