PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Brazil aim to extend reign as kings of blind football
Argentina among the teams aiming to inflict a first ever defeat on Fábio Vasconcelos’ all-conquering team
Who's going for gold on Day 3 in Paris?
From established stars like shooting Para sport's Sareh Javanmardi to new faces like Para taekowondo's Matt Bush, Day 3 is promising a whole host of podium opportunities in Paris
Athletes excited about huge crowd at Stade de France
Athletes expressed their excitement as Paris 2024 Para athletics competition kicked off in front of a huge crowd at Stade de France
Kashafali goes from hunger to happiness
DR Congo-born sprinter popular for his dancing gains mental strength and perspective from tough childhood
2.15 million tickets purchased for Paralympics
The Opening Ceremony on 28 August had a peak TV audience of 22 million in France
Top medal highlights from Day 2
Agripino dos Santos claimed the first Para athletics gold of Paris 2024, setting a new world record
Paris 2024: Anastasiya Dmytriv adds Paralympic gold to her medal set
Spanish swimmer makes a golden debut with a victory in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB8 on a day two in which China smashed two world records at Paris La Defense Arena
Wheelchair rugby underway with growing women participation
Sarah Adam became the first woman to compete at a Paralympic Games for wheelchair rugby powerhouse USA
Paris 2024: Lekhara defends Paralympic gold
Indian star wins second Paralympic gold medal with a record Games score in women R2 final; Frenchman Tanguy de La Forest wins silver in his sixth Games in men R4 and Korea's Jeongdu Jo gets his first Paralympic gold in men P1 final
Disability Inclusion Conference highlights Women's World Challenge
World Para Ice Hockey joins International Disability Inclusion Conference: Harnessing the transformational impact of Para sport during the Paralympic Games in Paris to speak about the success of the Women's World Challenge to increase female participation and inclusion in the sport
River Seine takes centre stage for Para triathlon
France flag bearer Alexis Hanquinquant is one to watch as he hopes to make a splash in the Seine
Paris 2024: Raoua Tlili in seventh heaven at Stade de France
Tunisian thrower cements her legendary status with a seventh Paralympic gold, and fifth in the shot put. Brazil's Julio Agripino and Colombia's Jose Gregorio Lemos set new world records in the opening session of the Para athletics programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Grinham goes for gold at 28 weeks pregnant
British Para archer speaks out about balancing career and motherhood, as well as her hopes for an end to the silence around women's issues
Big moments on Day 2
Raoua Tlili defended her gold medal in the women's shot put F41 event as Para athletics got underway
Rainbow-Cooper wants to smash ceilings
First British winner of Boston Marathon makes Paralympic debut in Paris
Paris 2024 Paralympics: Shooting Para sport day two preview
The ones to watch in the second day of competition at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre with the men’s R1 and women’s P2 finals
Paris 2024: Third successive gold for Ferreira dos Santos on record-breaking evening
The Brazilian retains men’s 100m T47, world records for China's Di Dongdong in men’s long jump T11 and Tunisia's Maroua Ibrahmi in women’s club throw F32 as eight Paralympic champions were awarded in evening of day one
Uganda’s Kukundakwe will be ‘flaming hot’
Paris 2024: Uganda’s Husnah Kukundakwe will be ‘flaming hot’ in the pool
Para athletics and wheelchair tennis join the party on Day 2
A multitude of Para athletics medals will be decided on day two, with wheelchair tennis and Para rowing also getting under way
Flagbearer McFall aims for outer space
Trailblazing astronaut and Beijing 2008 Paralympic bronze medallist John McFall helped raise the Paralympic flag at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony