PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paris 2024: Ugo Didier electrifies Para swimming arena with Paralympic gold
Twenty-two year old takes his first Paralympic title in the first final of the Paris 2024 Para swimming programme at Paris La Denfense Arena beating Italy's Simone Barlaam and Australia's world record holder Brenden Hall in the men's 400m freestyle S9; Great Britain's Poppy Maskill and China's Chen Yi set new world records on day one

Jurgen Klopp says Paralympics can ‘change the world’
Klopp watched his friend Wojtek Czyz compete in Para badminton on day one of Paris 2024

Paris 2024: The stars to watch on day one morning session
The largest sport of the Paralympic programme comes to Stade de France with six medal events opening the programme on Friday morning with the women's discus F55, men's 5000m T11, women's shot put F41, women's long jump T11, men's javelin F38 and women's 100m T35

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Shooting Para sport day one preview
Here you can find the complete schedule and the main stars to follow on day one in the Chateauroux Shooting Centre at Paris 2024

Para cyclist Groot wins first gold medal of Games
Caroline Groot of the Netherlands won gold in the Para cycling track but is quitting to become a lawyer

Athletes captivated by Opening Ceremony
France’s first Paralympic Games opened in spectacular style and competitors relished the carnival atmosphere

Big moments on Day 1
Celebrity fans including Jurgen Klopp and Jackie Chan spotted at venues across Paris 2024

Para athletics set to wow fans at Stade de France
China aim to lead the way in the biggest ever carnival of Para athletics at the Paralympic Games

World champ de La Forest aims for first medal in sixth Games
The Frenchman hopes for success on home soil in an intriguing shooting Para sport competition

First medals and a chance of history on Day 1
Para athletes get down to business as team sports and taekwondo open the day followed by the first medals in cycling and swimming