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Can Italy's wheelchair fencing star Bebe Vio make it a hat trick?
After winning wheelchair fencing gold in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, Italy's Bebe Vio comes into Paris hoping for three in a row

Big moments on Day 5
First African nation medal in badminton - Olympic or Paralympic Games - goes to Nigeria's Mariam Eniola Bolaji

Historic venue for Para equestrian at Versailles
Chiara Zenati hopes to medal for France hopes in Paris 'homecoming'

Wheelchair tennis ace Oda: “Paris is a special place for me”
Japan’s teenage wheelchair tennis player Tokito Oda took up the sport after watching Shingo Kunieda play. Now he wants to play for the kids

Para triathletes gear up for glory on Day 5
Day 5 promises to serve up excitement in Para triathlon and plenty of intensity on the wheelchair rugby court

Smith: “Boccia gods were playing with me” in shock defeat
Three-time Paralympic boccia champion David Smith missed out on a medal in the men’s individual BC1 tournament at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Top medal highlights from Day 4
Para archer Jason Tabansky was a late call-up but made the most of it, winning gold

Paris 2024: Fortune wins first Paralympic gold in style on Sunday
British thrower improves her own shot put F20 world record to give her country the second Sunday gold, alongside Hannah Cockroft's fourth consecutive 100m T34 title; refugee Para athlete Guillaume Atangana makes history with bronze medal in a romantic evening session that ended with a marriage proposal

Paris 2024: Great Britain, China on top as more record fall on day four
Ukraine's Mykhailo Serbin sets new world and gold in men's 100m backstroke S11 final, Great Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton and China Yang Hang get Paralympic records at Paris La Defense Arena

History made as Atangana wins 2nd Refugee Team medal
Personal best time in men’s 400m T11 final means a podium finish for the vision impaired sprinter and Refugee Paralympic Team flagbearer

Paris 2024: De La Forest finally wins first Paralympic gold at home
Frenchman Tanguy De La Forest takes second medal at Paris 2024 winning the mixed R5 final while Slovakian legend Veronica Vadovicova regains Paralympic gold in mixed R3 event on day three at Chateauroux Shooting Centre

Awesome foursomes battle it out
Female and male swimmers team up in unique event to chase Paralympic glory

Mehrzadselakjani eyeing gold hat-trick
The Iranian men’s sitting volleyball team is on track to continue its global dominance

Paris 2024: Yang Yue celebrates long-awaited shot put gold
After silver medal in four consecutive Paralympic Games, Chinese thrower finally finishes on top of the podium on a Sunday morning with another gold to China and Portugal's first Paralympic title at Paris 2024

Big moments on Day 4
Japan stun Australia in "miraculous" wheelchair rugby semi-final

From Olympics to Paralympics, Alexandre is on a mission
A month after making her Olympic debut at Paris 2024, Brazilian Para table tennis player Bruna Alexandre shares her expectations and challenges of playing at both Games

Brazil's Jefinho hopes for fifth blind football medal
Brazilian star Jefinho has high hopes for a Paris 2024 Paralympic medal in the city that inspired him

Australia take gold in new Para rowing class
The Australian duo took one of five gold medals in the final day of Para rowing

Blind football kicks off on Day 4
Blind football athletes will launch their campaigns at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, while boccia will hand out its first medals

Para triathlon postponed to 2 Sep
Decision taken after decrease in River Seine water quality following heavy rain on Saturday