PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
London 2012 champion Alla Lysenko sets her sights on Rio
Ukrainian athlete achieves her 'ultimate dream'.
Oliveira and Le Fur shine on marquee night
Alan Oliveira beat Oscar Pistorius, and Marie Amelie le Fur topped April Holmes and Marlou van Rhijn for sprinting gold.
Iran's men through to the goalball quarter finals
Great Britain's women boosted by a 3-1 win over Brazil.
A morning of broken records at Aquatics Centre
A further two world records and five Paralympic records fell as athletes astounded the expectant capacity crowd to reach tonight’s finals.
Spain and Brazil leading the way in 5-a-side football
Great Britain, Argentina, France and China all draw.
Great Britain and USA come up big on court
The British and American men and women’s teams all won their Day 3 wheelchair basketball games.
Australian wheelchair basketball ace Amber Merritt proves her worth
Coach Triscari: “I see Amber being the best 4.5 in the world over the next couple of years.”
Football 5-a-side champions to showcase on court
Last Paralympics gold, silver and bronze medallists, Brazil, China and Argentina will showcase the best football 5-a-side on the second day of competition.
Fastest runners on track at the Olympic Stadium
The third day of Athletics competition is expected to be one more day of broken records in the field and in the track.
Jiri Jezek may become most successful Paralympic cyclist
Jezek will try to better his four-medal haul from Beijing, where he won gold in both the 4km Pursuit and Time Trial and silver in the 1km and Team Sprint.