PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Sarai Gascon and Deborah Font storm to gold as two world records fall in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

A picture of a man with a gold medal around his neck during a medal ceremony

Lisette Teunissen en Marc Evers pakken Europese titels

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

Olivier van de Voort en Summer Mortimer claimen Europese titels