PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Eindhoven 2014: What to watch on day five
Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

Fans to choose IWRF World Championships’ best player
With a special trophy given, a new online vote will allow fans to decide on who they feel was the best player at the 2014 IWRF World Championships

Italian swimmers hit form at Eindhoven 2014
With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

Simon Boer brengt Nederlanders in extase
19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

Great Britain to face London 2012 bronze medallists at National Paralympic Day
British wheelchair basketball team announced to face the Netherlands on 30 August

Day 5 preview: World’s best meet in final pool matches at IWRF World Champs
Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.

Australia, Canada, USA, Japan progress to semi-finals
Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Rio 2016 works progressing
Construction across the four competition zones is progressing, with 55 per cent of venues now ready.

Silverman smashes 400m freestyle world record
U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.