PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The German legend wins men’s long jump T64 final with a jump of 8.43 and extended his decade-long championships record by 3 cm; Dutch Fleur Jong claims second gold medal in New Delhi; Catherine Debrunner completes a clean sweep of five gold medals in five events; New Zealand’s Danielle Aitchison breaks the world record in women’s 200m T36 so does Ecuador’s Kiara Rodriguez in women’s 100m T47 and India's Nishad Kumar claims maiden world title at home on the seventh day of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Germany, Iran, Thailand and the hosts India win two gold medals each on the seventh day of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Croatia hosts the ninth edition of the WSPS European Championships with plenty of Paris 2024 medallists in action until 7 October

The 31-year-old from Medellin, Colombia improves her own world record en route winning third consecutive 200m crown; Iran’s Saeid Afrooz betters own world record in men’s javelin F34 while Brazil’s Wanna Helena Brito Oliveira sets a new world record in women’s shot put F32 even as Swiss legend Catherine Debrunner claims fourth title amid bad weather conditions that delayed and postponed several events on day six of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Brazil increase their lead in the overall medal table, having claimed four titles including back-to-back 400m gold medals on the day. Para athletes from China, Italy, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Serbia, Thailand and Uzbekistan also won gold medals on day six of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships.

India's Sheetal Devi, China's Wu Chunyan and Republic of Korea's Kim Ok Geum were among the biggest stars at the Para archery World Championships in Gwangju, Korea

Professor Mike McNamee will deliver a keynote titled “Towards a Philosophy of Paralympism” at VISTA 2025, the IPC’s scientific conference

The Swiss legend led from start to finish to beat defending world champion Zhou Zhaoqian; Italy’s Ambra Sabatini shrugs off Paris 2024 misfortune with women’s 100m T63 gold medal; Fourth straight titles for Brazil’s Jerusa Geber and Hungary’s Luca Ekler and USA’s Jaydin Blackwell and Oleksandr Yarovyi of Ukraine set new world records on day five of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Brazil retain lead in the overall medal table with eight golds followed by China on seven and Poland taking six golds

The Nigerian powerlifting great returns to the global stage, chasing history in the women’s over 86kg after her record-breaking triumph in Paris